Relaxin Signals through a RXFP1-pERK-nNOS-NO-cGMP-Dependent Pathway to Up-Regulate Matrix Metalloproteinases: The Additional Involvement of iNOS

Bryna Suet Man Chow; Elaine Guo Yan Chew; Chongxin Zhao; Ross AD Bathgate; Tim D Hewitson; Chrishan S Samuel

Journal article

Relaxin Signals through a RXFP1-pERK-nNOS-NO-cGMP-Dependent Pathway to Up-Regulate Matrix Metalloproteinases: The Additional Involvement of iNOS

Bryna Suet Man Chow, Elaine Guo Yan Chew, Chongxin Zhao, Ross AD Bathgate, Tim D Hewitson, Chrishan S Samuel

PLoS One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042714

University of Melbourne Researchers

Timothy Hewitson Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Chrishan Samuel Author Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Ross Bathgate Author Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) Project Grant (628634) to Chrishan S. Samuel and Tim D. Hewitson; a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship to Ross A. D. Bathgate; a National Heart Foundation of Australia/NHMRC R. D. Wright Fellowship to Chrishan S. Samuel; and by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.