Identification of relaxin-responsive cells in the human choriodecidua at term

Jaime S Horton1, Sandra Y Yamamoto, Gillian D Bryant-Greenwood

  • 1Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. jshorton@hawaii.edu

The decidua of the human maternal-fetal interface is a local source of intrauterine relaxin, and the choriodecidua expresses its receptor (LGR7). Since these tissues consist of a variety of cells, we sought to identify the primary cell(s) responsible for LGR7 expression and relaxin responsiveness.