Localization and Characterization of Urocortin during Human Pregnancy

Purification, Characterization, andin vitroDifferentiation of Cytotrophoblasts from Human Term Placentae*

1986 • 1,556 citations

Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor

1995 • 1,469 citations

A placental clock controlling the length of human pregnancy

1995 • 897 citations

Glucocorticoid stimulates expression of corticotropin-releasing hormone gene in human placenta.

1988 • 437 citations

Plasma Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Concentrations During Pregnancy and Parturition*

1987 • 388 citations

High Levels of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Immunoactivity in Maternal and Fetal Plasma during Pregnancy*

1986 • 280 citations

Steroids Modulate Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Production in Human Fetal Membranes and Placenta*

1989 • 264 citations

Distribution of urocortin-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat

1998 • 256 citations

IMMUNOREACTIVE CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR IS PRESENT IN HUMAN MATERNAL PLASMA DURING THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

1984 • 188 citations

The Localization and Distribution of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in the Human Placenta and Fetal Membranes throughout Gestation*

1991 • 181 citations

Corticotropin-releasing hormone-induced vasodilatation in the human fetal-placental circulation: involvement of the nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate-mediated pathway.

1995 • 145 citations

Human placenta and fetal membranes express human urocortin mRNA and peptide.

1996 • 136 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Family of Ligands and Their Receptors

1997 • 123 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)-Binding Protein: Reduction in the Adrenocorticotropin-Releasing Activity of Placental but not Hypothalamic CRH*

1990 • 113 citations

Plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone, β-endorphin and cortisol inter-relationships during human pregnancy

1993 • 87 citations

2. Corticotrophin-releasing hormone production by the placenta and fetal membranes

1991 • 82 citations

Urocortin Stimulates Placental Adrenocorticotropin and Prostaglandin Release and Myometrial Contractility in Vitro

1999 • 81 citations

Human corticotropin-releasing hormone during pregnancy

1989 • 70 citations

Vasodilator Actions of Urocortin and Related Peptides in the Human Perfused Placenta in Vitro1

1998 • 67 citations

CELL BLOTTING: A NEW APPROACH TO QUANTIFY HORMONE SECRETION FROM INDIVIDUAL RAT PITUITARY CELLS

1987 • 61 citations

Urocortin in human placenta and maternal plasma

1999 • 43 citations

Labelling of CRF1 and CRF2 receptors using the novel radioligand, [3H]-urocortin

1997 • 43 citations

Urocortin in pregnancy

1998 • 33 citations

Developmental Changes in Ovine Corticotrophsin Vitro¹

1997 • 27 citations

Lack of gestation-related changes of urocortin gene expression in human placenta

1999 • 15 citations