The Utility of Plasma CRH as a Predictor of Preterm Delivery

Characterization of a 41-Residue Ovine Hypothalamic Peptide that Stimulates Secretion of Corticotropin and β-Endorphin

1982 • 3,896 citations

A placental clock controlling the length of human pregnancy

1995 • 897 citations

Endocrine and Paracrine Regulation of Birth at Term and Preterm*

2000 • 842 citations

Fetal Fibronectin in Cervical and Vaginal Secretions as a Predictor of Preterm Delivery

1991 • 634 citations

Endocrine and Paracrine Regulation of Birth at Term and Preterm

2000 • 601 citations

The Control of Labor

1999 • 443 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

Immunoreactive Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Human Plasma During Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery*

1987 • 270 citations

Maternal corticotropin-releasing hormone levels in the early third trimester predict length of gestation in human pregnancy

1998 • 257 citations

Markers of risk for preterm delivery

1999 • 221 citations

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

1984 • 188 citations

Specific high-affinity binding protein for human corticotropin-releasing hormone in normal human plasma

1987 • 181 citations

The Role of Systemic and Intrauterine Infection in Preterm Parturition

1991 • 179 citations

Corticotropin releasing hormone-binding protein (CRH-BP): plasma levels decrease during the third trimester of normal human pregnancy.

1993 • 179 citations

The corticotropin releasing hormone gene is expressed in human placenta

1987 • 179 citations

Local stimulation of prostagiandin production by corttcotropin-releasing hormone in human fetal membranes and placenta

1989 • 169 citations

Plasma corticotrophin‐releasing factor (CRF) in abnormal pregnancy

1988 • 163 citations

Maternal Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Is Increased with Impending Preterm Birth

1998 • 157 citations

Elevated maternal plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone levels in pregnancies complicated by preterm labor

1992 • 157 citations

Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in onset of labour

1999 • 147 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

Ligand requirements of the human corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein.

1995 • 133 citations

The plasma ACTH, AVP, CRH and catecholamine responses to conventional and laparoscopic cholecystectomy

1993 • 113 citations

Recent advances in elucidating the pathogenesis of preterm delivery, the detection of patients at risk, and preventative therapies

1994 • 111 citations

Corticotropin-releasing hormone-induced vasodilatation in the human fetal placental circulation.

1994 • 105 citations

Predicting risk of preterm delivery by second-trimester measurement of maternal plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone and α-fetoprotein concentrations

1999 • 102 citations

Corticotropin-releasing factor and its binding protein: Maternal serum levels in term and preterm deliveries

1996 • 85 citations

Corticotrophin‐releasing Hormone and CRH‐binding Protein: Differences between Patients at Risk for Preterm Birth and Hypertension

1999 • 84 citations

A role for estriol in human labor, term and preterm

1999 • 71 citations

Corticotropin-releasing hormone in maternal and cord plasma in pre-eclampsia

1991 • 69 citations

The Diagnosis of Preterm Labor and the Prediction of Preterm Delivery

1995 • 68 citations

Human Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor: Differences in Subtype Expression between Pregnant and Nonpregnant Myometria¹

1998 • 66 citations

High levels of serum collagenase in premature labor--a potential biochemical marker.

1987 • 65 citations

Immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing factor and corticotropin during pregnancy, labor and puerperium

1987 • 59 citations

PLASMA CORTICOTROPHIN‐RELEASING FACTOR AND VASOPRESSIN RESPONSES TO HYPOGLYCAEMIA IN NORMAL MAN

1990 • 58 citations

Control of parturition.

1997 • 48 citations

Corticotropin-releasing hormone, corticotropin-releasing hormone–binding protein, and activin A in maternal serum: Prediction of preterm delivery and response to glucocorticoids in women with symptoms of preterm labor

2000 • 47 citations

Maternal plasma corticotrophin‐releasing hormone—elevated in preterm labour but unaffected by indomethacin or nylidrin

1991 • 45 citations

Plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone and unconjugated estriol in human pregnancy: Gestational patterns and ability to predict preterm delivery

2002 • 43 citations

Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases

1994 • 41 citations

Plasma cortisol, PRL, ACTH, AVP and corticotrophin releasing hormone responses to direct current cardioversion and electroconvulsive therapy

1996 • 39 citations

Elevated basal adrenocorticotropin and evidence for increased central opioid tone in highly trained male athletes.

1995 • 36 citations

Circulating plasma cfactor-likeg immunoreactivity

1988 • 35 citations

Elevated maternal plasma corticotropin releasing hormone levels in twin gestation

1990 • 25 citations

Elevated basal adrenocorticotropin and evidence for increased central opioid tone in highly trained male athletes

1995 • 17 citations

Acutely raised corticotropin levels in Addison's disease are not associated with increased plasma arginine vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing factor concentrations in peripheral plasma.

1993 • 8 citations

Acutely raised corticotropin levels in Addison's disease are not associated with increased plasma arginine vasopressin and corticotropin- releasing factor concentrations in peripheral plasma

1993 • 3 citations