Immunohistochemical localization of relaxin in human prostate |
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Authors: | R Z Sokol X S Wang J Lechago P D Johnston R S Swerdloff |
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Affiliation: | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance 90502. |
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Abstract: | We identified relaxin in human male prostate by use of an anti-human relaxin analogue polyclonal antibody and the avidin-biotin-immunoperoxidase method. The antibody was obtained by immunizing a rabbit with a synthetic human relaxin analogue which has 95% sequence homology with native human relaxin. Human prostate tissues incubated with the anti-human relaxin analogue exhibited positive immunostaining up to an antibody dilution of 1:3200. Inhibition of immunostaining with this antibody by excess relaxin analogue demonstrated specificity of the antibody. The exact role of relaxin in human male reproductive physiology remains to be fully elucidated. |
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