The Skin Produces Urocortin¹

The Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis and Immune-Mediated Inflammation

1995 • 2,525 citations

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

1995 • 1,469 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Induces Skin Mast Cell Degranulation and Increased Vascular Permeability, A Possible Explanation for Its Proinflammatory Effects*

1998 • 426 citations

Corticotrophin-releasing factor receptors: from molecular biology to drug design

1996 • 399 citations

A sauvagine/corticotropin-releasing factor receptor expressed in heart and skeletal muscle.

1995 • 373 citations

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

1996 • 334 citations

Production and release of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) derived peptides by human melanocytes and keratinocytes in culture: regulation by ultraviolet B

1996 • 320 citations

Melanogenesis is coupled to murine anagen: Toward new concepts for the role of melanocytes and the regulation of melanogenesis in hair growth

1993 • 287 citations

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

1998 • 256 citations

Proopiomelanocortin, corticotropin releasing hormone and corticotropin releasing hormone receptor genes are expressed in human skin

1995 • 159 citations

Potent mast cell degranulation and vascular permeability triggered by urocortin through activation of corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors.

1999 • 158 citations

Cutaneous Expression of CRH and CRH‐R: Is There a “Skin Stress Response System?”

1999 • 145 citations

Hair cycle-dependent plasticity of skin and hair follicle innervation in normal murine skin

1997 • 141 citations

Expression and protective effects of urocortin in cardiac myocytes

1998 • 139 citations

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

1996 • 136 citations

On the potential role of proopiomelanocortin in skin physiology and pathology

1993 • 135 citations

Metabolism of Serotonin to N-Acetylserotonin, Melatonin, and 5-Methoxytryptamine in Hamster Skin Culture

1996 • 129 citations

Proopiomelanocortin, Its Derived Peptides, and the Skin

1996 • 128 citations

Human Lymphocytes Produce Urocortin, But Not Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone

1998 • 125 citations

Proopiomelanocortin expression in the skin during induced hair growth in mice

1992 • 118 citations

POTENTIAL MECHANISM OF SKIN RESPONSE TO STRESS

1996 • 117 citations

Cutaneous Immunomodulation and Coordination of Skin Stress Responses by α‐Melanocyte‐Stimulating Hormone^a

1998 • 110 citations

Characterization of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) in Human Skin¹

1998 • 99 citations

The expression of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and of corticotropin releasing hormone receptor (CRH-R) genes in mouse skin

1996 • 93 citations

The Structures of the Mouse and Human Urocortin Genes (Ucn and UCN)

1998 • 93 citations

Hair cycle-dependent expression of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and CRF receptors in murine skin

1998 • 90 citations

Regional Distribution of Urocortin-like Immunoreactivity and Expression of Urocortin mRNA in the Human Brain

1998 • 83 citations

Urocortin Expression in Human Pituitary Gland and Pituitary Adenoma

1997 • 83 citations

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

1999 • 81 citations

Urocortin, a corticotropin-releasing factor-related mammalian peptide, inhibits edema due to thermal injury in rats

1996 • 81 citations

Distribution and concentration of urocortin, and effect of adrenalectomy on its content in rat hypothalamus

1998 • 80 citations

The natural history of a family of transplantable melanomas in hamsters

1988 • 78 citations

Ultraviolet B stimulates production of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) by human melanocytes

1996 • 78 citations

Presence of immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing hormone in human endometrium.

1996 • 74 citations

Urocortin-like immunoreactivity in the substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area and Edinger–Westphal nucleus of rat

1998 • 68 citations

Effect of CRF and related peptides on calcium signaling in human and rodent melanoma cells

1998 • 54 citations

Molecular Properties of the CRF Receptor

1998 • 48 citations

MSH inhibits growth in a line of amelanotic hamster melanoma cells and induces increases in cyclic AMP levels and tyrosinase activity without inducing melanogenesis

1989 • 47 citations

Paracrine regulation of human placenta: control of hormonogenesis

1998 • 34 citations

d-amino acid-substituted analogs of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and urocortin with selective agonist activity at CRH1 and CRH2β receptors

1998 • 28 citations

Corticotropin-releasing factor increases [Ca2+]i via receptor-mediated Ca2+ channels in human epidermoid A-431 cells

1994 • 25 citations

Effect of corticotropin-releasing factor on prostaglandin synthesis in endothelial cells and fibroblasts.

1995 • 25 citations

Human endometrium as a neuroendocrine tissue: Expression, regulation and biological roles of endometrial corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and opioid peptides

1997 • 24 citations

Identification and Sequencing of a Putative Variant of Proopiomelanocortin in Human Epidermis and Epidermal Cells in Culture

1998 • 21 citations

Corticotropin releasing factor modulates interleukin-1-induced prostaglandin synthesis in fibroblasts: receptor binding and effects of antagonists

1998 • 11 citations