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Anthony J Kanai1, Elisa M Konieczko2, Robert G Bennett3
1Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Abstract:
The peptide hormone relaxin is well-known for its anti-fibrotic actions in several organs, particularly from numerous studies conducted in animals. Acting through its cognate G protein-coupled receptor, relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1), serelaxin (recombinant human relaxin) has been shown to consistently inhibit the excessive extracellular matrix production (fibrosis) that results from the aberrant wound-healing response to tissue injury and/or chronic inflammation, and at multiple levels. Furthermore, it can reduce established scarring by promoting the degradation of aberrant extracellular matrix components. Following on from the review that describes the mechanisms and signaling pathways associated with the extracellular matrix remodeling effects of serelaxin (Ng et al., 2019), this review focuses on newly identified tissue targets of serelaxin therapy in fibrosis, and the limitations associated with (se)relaxin research.
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