Erschienen in:
29.06.2017 | Research Letter
Plasma levels of relaxin-2 are higher and correlated to C-peptide levels in early gestational diabetes mellitus
verfasst von:
Yoatzin Alonso Lopez, Jonatan Dereke, Mona Landin-Olsson, Helena Strevens, Charlotta Nilsson, Magnus Hillman
Erschienen in:
Endocrine
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Ausgabe 3/2017
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Excerpt
Relaxin-2 is an important gestational hormone in shaping the endometrium in early pregnancy and its secretion peaks during the first trimester [
1]. The relaxin family of peptides are structurally found to be similar to insulin and insulin-like growth factors with A-chains and B-chains making up the bioactive molecule [
2,
3] and a C-peptide connecting the pre-molecule [
4]. …