Urocortin 2 Stimulates Estradiol Secretion From Cultured Human Placental Cells: An Effect Mediated by the Type 2 Corticotrophin-releasing Hormone (CRH) Receptor

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

1986 • 1,556 citations

Urocortin II: A member of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neuropeptide family that is selectively bound by type 2 CRF receptors

2001 • 877 citations

Endocrine and Paracrine Regulation of Birth at Term and Preterm*

2000 • 842 citations

Human stresscopin and stresscopin-related peptide are selective ligands for the type 2 corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor

2001 • 647 citations

Actions of Placental and Fetal Adrenal Steroid Hormones in Primate Pregnancy*

1995 • 469 citations

Progesterone Withdrawal and Estrogen Activation in Human Parturition Are Coordinated by Progesterone Receptor A Expression in the Myometrium

2002 • 393 citations

Peptide Signaling in Human Placenta and Membranes: Autocrine, Paracrine, and Endocrine Mechanisms*

1996 • 334 citations

The fetal placental hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, parturition and post natal health

2001 • 299 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Directly and Preferentially Stimulates Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Secretion by Human Fetal Adrenal Cortical Cells*

1998 • 223 citations

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

1991 • 181 citations

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

1989 • 169 citations

Maternal Pregnancy Estriol Levels in Relation to Anamnestic and Fetal Anthropometric Data

2000 • 154 citations

Development and validation of a new monoclonal antibody to mammalian aromatase

2002 • 124 citations

The Human Fetal Adrenal: Making Adrenal Androgens for Placental Estrogens

2004 • 101 citations

Oxygen Regulation of Placental 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase 2: Physiological and Pathological Implications

2002 • 100 citations

Specificity and Regulation of Extracellularly Regulated Kinase1/2 Phosphorylation through Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) Receptors 1 and 2β by the CRF/Urocortin Family of Peptides

2003 • 95 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Directly Stimulates Cortisol and the Cortisol Biosynthetic Pathway in Human Fetal Adrenal Cells

2005 • 89 citations

Local paracrine effects of estradiol are central to parturition in the rhesus monkey

1998 • 81 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Chimpanzee and Gorilla Pregnancies

1999 • 77 citations

Up-regulation of nitric oxide synthase and modulation of the guanylate cyclase activity by corticotropin-releasing hormone but not urocortin II or urocortin III in cultured human pregnant myometrial cells

2002 • 74 citations

Human Placenta, Chorion, Amnion and Decidua Express Different Variants of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor Messenger RNA

2000 • 67 citations

Preeclampsia Is Associated with Impaired Regulation of the Placental Nitric Oxide-Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate Pathway by Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) and CRH-Related Peptides

2005 • 59 citations

Urocortin 2 and urocortin 3 are expressed by the human placenta, deciduas, and fetal membranes

2006 • 57 citations

Estrogen/Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Interactions in the Fetus: the Interplay Between Placenta and Fetal Brain

2004 • 56 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulates Estrogen Biosynthesis in Cultured Human Placental Trophoblasts1

2006 • 46 citations

High Fetal Urocortin Levels at Term and Preterm Labor

2005 • 41 citations

Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Down-Regulation of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Expression Is Dependent on a Cyclic Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate Regulatory Element in Human Placental Syncytiotrophoblast Cells

2004 • 38 citations

Estrogen synthetase (aromatase). The cytochrome P-450 component of the human placental enzyme is a glycoprotein

1991 • 35 citations

Levels of Maternal Plasma Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Urocortin During Labor

2002 • 33 citations

Expression Patterns of CRH, CRH Receptors, and CRH Binding Protein in Human Gestational Tissue at Term

2003 • 28 citations

Regulation of 15-Hydroxy Prostaglandin Dehydrogenase by Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone through a Calcium-Dependent Pathway in Human Chorion Trophoblast Cells

2003 • 25 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Increases the Expression of the Prostaglandin E2 Receptor Subtype EP1 in Amnion WISH Cells

2000 • 10 citations