Assertion: relaxin's role | /r/HasProperty | important
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text: Relaxin increases the distensibility of the uterus and may play an important role in fetal accommodation.
text: The role of estrogen is super-important: It helps to stimulate hormone production in the fetus's adrenal gland, it stimulates growth of the adrenal gland, and it enhances the mother's uterus, enabling it to respond to oxytocin (another pregnancy hormone; see below).
text: Since its discovery 80 years ago, relaxin has been shown to play an important role in the promotion of extracellular matrix remodeling in several nonreproductive organs, including the normal and diseased cardiovascular system, where it reduces matrix synthesis and increases extracellular matrix degradation (Du et al., 2009).
text: In species such as rodents, relaxin plays an important role in modulating joint laxity .
text: In rats however, relaxin most likely plays an important role in modulating knee laxity in view that its receptor expression has been reported both in the patellar tendon and collateral ligaments .
text: Relaxin, an insulin-like growth factor hormone, is detectable in serum during pregnancy and plays an important role in initiating the structural remodelling of the cervix and interpubic ligament in preparation for parturition.10-12 Studies suggest the effects of relaxin are mediated by both a decrease in collagen synthesis and an increase in the production of collagenase and proteoglycanase.13 14
text: Relaxin increases the distensibility of the uterus and may play an important role in fetal accommodation.
text: In dogs, both relaxin and receptors are found in reproductive tissues of females and play important roles during pregnancy; however, their presence in male reproductive tissues remains unclear.