Changes in Amniotic Fluid Immunoreactive Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) and CRF-Binding Protein Levels in Pregnant Women at Term and during Labor¹

Chemical and Biological Characterization of Corticotropin Releasing Factor

1983 • 375 citations

Cloning and characterization of the cDNAs for human and rat corticotropin releasing factor-binding proteins

1991 • 358 citations

Evidence for local stimulation of ACTH secretion by corticotropin-releasing factor in human placenta

1987 • 334 citations

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

1996 • 334 citations

Characterization and gestational regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone messenger RNA in human placenta.

1988 • 267 citations

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR-LIKE ACTIVITY IN HUMAN PLACENTAL EXTRACTS

1982 • 203 citations

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

1991 • 181 citations

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

1987 • 181 citations

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

1993 • 179 citations

Plasma corticotrophin‐releasing factor (CRF) in abnormal pregnancy

1988 • 163 citations

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

1992 • 157 citations

Isolation of the human plasma corticotrophin-releasing factor-binding protein

1989 • 150 citations

Current topic: The placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone-adrenocorticotrophin axis

1995 • 118 citations

Corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein is produced by human placenta and intrauterine tissues.

1993 • 109 citations

Human decidua and in vitro decidualized endometrial stromal cells at term contain immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and CRF messenger ribonucleic acid.

1992 • 109 citations

Corticotrophin‐releasing hormone and corticotrophin‐ releasing hormone binding protein in normal and pre‐eclamptic human pregnancies

1995 • 109 citations

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

1996 • 85 citations

Corticotropin-releasing hormone increases prostaglandin F2α activity on human myometrium in vitro

1994 • 84 citations

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

1991 • 82 citations

Corticotropin-releasing hormone in amniotic fluid during gestation and labor and in relation to fetal lung maturation

1988 • 74 citations

Characterization of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Binding Protein in Human Plasma by Chemical Cross-Linking and its Binding during Pregnancy*

1988 • 73 citations

Corticotropin-releasing factor and parturition: plasma and amniotic fluid levels and placental binding sites.

1990 • 72 citations

Plasma measurements of corticotrophin-releasing hormone-binding protein in normal and abnormal human pregnancy

1993 • 64 citations

Association of human corticotropin-releasing hormone to its binding protein in blood may trigger clearance of the complex.

1994 • 61 citations

Effect of corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein on prostaglandin release from cultured maternal decidua and on contractile activity of human myometrium in vitro.

1995 • 56 citations

High levels of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) are inversely correlated with low levels of maternal CRF-binding protein in pregnant women with pregnancy-induced hypertension.

1996 • 46 citations

Cellular localization of corticotrophin releasing hormone in the human placenta, fetal membranes and decidua

1995 • 41 citations

Corticotropin-releasing factor binding protein dimerizes after association with ligand.

1994 • 26 citations

Presence of CRH-binding protein in amniotic fluid and in umbilical cord plasma

1991 • 14 citations