Placental Endocrine Function

Abnormal blood vessel development and lethality in embryos lacking a single VEGF allele

1996 • 4,143 citations

Failure of blood-island formation and vasculogenesis in Flk-1-deficient mice

1995 • 3,977 citations

Heterozygous embryonic lethality induced by targeted inactivation of the VEGF gene

1996 • 3,664 citations

Role of the Flt-1 receptor tyrosine kinase in regulating the assembly of vascular endothelium

1995 • 2,650 citations

Adrenomedullin: A Novel Hypotensive Peptide Isolated from Human Pheochromocytoma

1993 • 2,176 citations

RAMPs regulate the transport and ligand specificity of the calcitonin-receptor-like receptor

1998 • 2,076 citations

The fms -Like Tyrosine Kinase, a Receptor for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

1992 • 2,042 citations

Cellular Actions of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins

2002 • 1,717 citations

Identification of the KDR tyrosine kinase as a receptor for vascular endothelial cell growth factor

1992 • 1,528 citations

Epidermal growth factor receptor: mechanisms of activation and signalling

2003 • 1,514 citations

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

1995 • 1,469 citations

The Tissue Distribution of the mRNA of Ghrelin and Subtypes of Its Receptor, GHS-R, in Humans

2002 • 1,331 citations

The Leptin Receptor

1997 • 1,300 citations

Nonadipose tissue production of leptin: Leptin as a novel placenta-derived hormone in humans

1997 • 1,299 citations

Pathogenesis and genetics of pre-eclampsia

2001 • 1,268 citations

CRF and CRF Receptors: Role in Stress Responsivity and Other Behaviors

2004 • 1,235 citations

The Somatomedin Hypothesis: 2001

2001 • 1,184 citations

Placenta growth factor. Potentiation of vascular endothelial growth factor bioactivity, in vitro and in vivo, and high affinity binding to Flt-1 but not to Flk-1/KDR.

1994 • 1,104 citations

VEGF-receptor signal transduction

2003 • 846 citations

Endocrine and Paracrine Regulation of Birth at Term and Preterm*

2000 • 842 citations

Endoglin is a component of the transforming growth factor-beta receptor system in human endothelial cells.

1992 • 837 citations

Synthesis, Transport, and Release of Posterior Pituitary Hormones

1980 • 814 citations

The Chromogranin–Secretogranin Family

2003 • 796 citations

International Union of Pharmacology. XXXII. The Mammalian Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptides, Adrenomedullin, Amylin, and Calcitonin Receptors

2002 • 783 citations

Genetic Analysis of the Mammalian Transforming Growth Factor-β Superfamily

2002 • 770 citations

Leptin Regulation of Neuroendocrine Systems

2000 • 769 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Ligands and Receptors That Regulate Human Cytotrophoblast Survival Are Dysregulated in Severe Preeclampsia and Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelets Syndrome

2002 • 637 citations

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 mediates the biological effects of oxygen on human trophoblast differentiation through TGFβ3

2000 • 615 citations

Nuchal translucency and other first-trimester sonographic markers of chromosomal abnormalities

2004 • 600 citations

Ghrelin?a hormone with multiple functions

2004 • 594 citations

Vascularization of the mouse embryo: A study of flk‐1, tek, tie, and vascular endothelial growth factor expression during development

1995 • 546 citations

Leptin and leptin receptor mRNA and protein expression in the murine fetus and placenta

1997 • 518 citations

Angiogenesis in the Placenta1

2001 • 495 citations

Placental Estrogen Biosynthesis During Human Pregnancy1

1966 • 478 citations

Abnormal maternal serum chorionic gonadotropin levels in pregnancies with fetal chromosome abnormalities

1987 • 474 citations

The Pathophysiological Consequences of Somatostatin Receptor Internalization and Resistance

2003 • 468 citations

Circulating leptin in women: a longitudinal study in the menstrual cycle and during pregnancy

1997 • 467 citations

Maternal plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone associated with stress at 20 weeks’ gestation in pregnancies ending in preterm delivery

1999 • 465 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors: Structure and Signal Transduction Pathways

1994 • 453 citations

Early Pregnancy Levels of Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A and the Risk of Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Premature Birth, Preeclampsia, and Stillbirth

2002 • 439 citations

Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins in the Human Fetus. Relationships with Growth in Normal Subjects and in Subjects with Intrauterine Growth Retardation

1991 • 415 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor-related protein: a ligand and specific activator of the tyrosine kinase receptor Flt4.

1996 • 406 citations

Fibroblast growth factors and their receptors in the central nervous system

2003 • 387 citations

ENDOCRINOLOGY OF PREGNANCY

1955 • 381 citations

Ghrelin, A Novel Placental-Derived Hormone¹

2001 • 377 citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins in Maternal Serum Throughout Gestation and in the Puerperium: Effects of a Pregnancy-Associated Serum Protease Activity*

1990 • 368 citations

Inhibition of TGF-β3 restores the invasive capability of extravillous trophoblasts in preeclamptic pregnancies

1999 • 363 citations

The Presence of Gonadotropin Receptors in Nonpregnant Human Uterus, Human Placenta, Fetal Membranes, and Decidua*

1990 • 357 citations

Presence in the Human Placenta and Term Serum of a Highly Lactogenic Substance Immunologically Related to Pituitary Growth Hormone

1962 • 355 citations

Placental growth factor and its receptor, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1: novel targets for stimulation of ischemic tissue revascularization and inhibition of angiogenic and inflammatory disorders

2003 • 350 citations

Neuropilin-1 Is a Placenta Growth Factor-2 Receptor

1998 • 344 citations

Choriocarcinoma and partial hydatidiform moles

2000 • 338 citations

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

1996 • 334 citations

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

1987 • 334 citations

The Physiology of Growth Hormones (GHs) in Pregnant Women and Partial Characterization of the Placental GH Variant*

1988 • 332 citations

Vascular endothelial growth factor, placenta growth factor and their receptors in isolated human trophoblast

1997 • 331 citations

Characterization of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin as a Novel Angiogenic Factor

2002 • 329 citations

Epidermal Growth Factor Induces Differentiation and Secretion of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Placental Lactogen in Normal Human Placenta*

1987 • 329 citations

One-stage screening for pregnancy complications by color Doppler assessment of the uterine arteries at 23 weeks' gestation

2000 • 323 citations

The expression of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and IGF-binding protein (IGFBP) genes in the human placenta and membranes: evidence for IGF-IGFBP interactions at the feto-maternal interface.

1996 • 319 citations

The Roles of Placental Growth Hormone and Placental Lactogen in the Regulation of Human Fetal Growth and Development

2000 • 316 citations

Cytotrophoblasts Up-Regulate Soluble Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-1 Expression under Reduced Oxygen: An Implication for the Placental Vascular Development and the Pathophysiology of Preeclampsia

2004 • 303 citations

The oxytocin receptor

2003 • 301 citations

Specific receptors for adrenomedullin in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells

1994 • 294 citations

Augmented Placental Production of Leptin in Preeclampsia: Possible Involvement of Placental Hypoxia¹

1998 • 285 citations

FLT4 receptor tyrosine kinase contains seven immunoglobulin-like loops and is expressed in multiple human tissues and cell lines.

1992 • 285 citations

Novel role of human chorionic gonadotropin in differentiation of human cytotrophoblasts.

1993 • 279 citations

Neuropeptide Y: the universal soldier

2003 • 278 citations

The role of oxytocin in parturition

2003 • 271 citations

Endothelin receptors and calcium signaling ¹

1995 • 269 citations

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

1988 • 267 citations

Localization, Secretion, and Action of Inhibin in Human Placenta

1987 • 258 citations

Excessive placental secretion of neurokinin B during the third trimester causes pre-eclampsia

2000 • 256 citations

Synthesis of oxytocin in amnion, chorion, and decidua may influence the timing of human parturition.

1993 • 255 citations

Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Placenta Growth Factor in Human Placenta1

1997 • 254 citations

Colocalisation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Its Flt-1 Receptor in Human Placenta

1995 • 254 citations

Serum Leptin Concentration in Cord Blood: Relationship to Birth Weight and Gender

1997 • 253 citations

Interleukin-1β, human leukocyte antigen HLA-DRα, and transforming growth factor-β expression in endom trium, placenta, and placental membranes

1990 • 248 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Localization and Activation in Human Trophoblast and Choriocarcinoma Cells1

1994 • 246 citations

Screening of Maternal Serum for Fetal Down's Syndrome in the First Trimester

1998 • 241 citations

Molecular Cloning of the cDNAs Encoding a Novel Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein from Rat and Human

1990 • 239 citations

Human cytotrophoblast invasion is up-regulated by epidermal growth factor: Evidence that paracrine factors modify this process

1994 • 237 citations

Immunoassay of human chorionic gonadotropin, its free subunits, and metabolites

1997 • 230 citations

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1, 2 and 3 in placentas from normal and complicated pregnancies

2001 • 230 citations

Placental Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Factor and Its Synthesis

1980 • 228 citations

Activin Is a Local Regulator of Human Cytotrophoblast Cell Differentiation¹

1997 • 225 citations

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

1998 • 223 citations

Release of Oxytocin and Vasopressin by the Human Foetus during Labour

1971 • 220 citations

Overexpression of placental leptin in diabetic pregnancy: a critical role for insulin.

1998 • 205 citations

Calcium-regulating hormones and parathyroid hormone-related peptide in normal human pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal study

1997 • 205 citations

Maternal plasma level of endothelin is increased in preeclampsia

1991 • 203 citations

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR-LIKE ACTIVITY IN HUMAN PLACENTAL EXTRACTS

1982 • 203 citations

Opioids As Modulators of Cell Death and Survival—Unraveling Mechanisms and Revealing New Indications

2004 • 202 citations

Adriana and Luisa Castellucci Award Lecture 2001 Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1: Oxygen Regulation of Trophoblast Differentiation in Normal and Pre-eclamptic Pregnancies—A Review

2002 • 202 citations

Molecular characterization of human and bovine endothelin converting enzyme (ECE‐1)

1994 • 200 citations

Endoglin Regulates Trophoblast Differentiation along the Invasive Pathway in Human Placental Villous Explants*

1997 • 199 citations

Pathophysiology of Fetal Growth Restriction: Implications for Diagnosis and Surveillance

2004 • 199 citations

Placental Growth Hormone Levels in Normal Pregnancy and in Pregnancies with Intrauterine Growth Retardation

1993 • 196 citations

Inhibition of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)-induced Endothelial Cell Proliferation by a Peptide Corresponding to the Exon 7-Encoded Domain of VEGF165

1997 • 193 citations

Vascular function in preeclampsia

2000 • 193 citations

Parathyroid hormone‐related protein and its receptors: nuclear functions and roles in the renal and cardiovascular systems, the placental trophoblasts and the pancreatic islets

2001 • 193 citations

Serum inhibin A and activin A are elevated prior to the onset of pre-eclampsia

2000 • 191 citations

Leptin Production and Release in the Duallyin VitroPerfused Human Placenta¹

2000 • 190 citations

Localisation of Placenta Growth Factor (PlGF) in Human Term Placenta

1996 • 189 citations

Placental Steroid Hormone Synthesis: Unique Features and Unanswered Questions1

1996 • 186 citations

Identification of distinct epitopes of endoglin, an RGD-containing glycoprotein of endothelial cells, leukemic cells, and syncytiotrophoblasts

1992 • 186 citations

Neonatal Cord Blood Leptin: Its Relationship to Birth Weight, Body Mass Index, Maternal Diabetes, and Steroids

1998 • 185 citations

Neurotransmitters and peptides modulate the release of immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing factor from cultured human placental cells

1989 • 183 citations

Inhibin and activin modulate the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin, and progesterone from cultured human placental cells.

1989 • 182 citations

Dimeric Inhibin A as a Marker for Down's Syndrome in Early Pregnancy

1996 • 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

Autocrine-Paracrine Regulation of Human Trophoblast Invasiveness by Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF)-II and IGF-Binding Protein (IGFBP)-1

1998 • 178 citations

Oxytocin secretion and human parturition: Pulse frequency and duration increase during spontaneous labor in women

1991 • 175 citations

Expression of placental leptin and leptin receptor transcripts in early pregnancy and at term

1998 • 172 citations

Diagnosis and treatment of gestational trophoblastic disease: ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 531

2004 • 172 citations

Biologically active corticotropin-releasing hormone in maternal and fetal plasma during pregnancy

1988 • 169 citations

Hormone trajectories leading to human birth

2002 • 169 citations

Fetal Plasma Leptin Concentrations: Relationship with Different Intrauterine Growth Patterns from 19 Weeks to Term

2000 • 166 citations

Oxytocin and its receptor in pregnancy and parturition: Current concepts and clinical implications

1997 • 159 citations

Maternal Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Is Increased with Impending Preterm Birth

1998 • 157 citations

Regulation of Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF I) and IGF Binding Proteins during Rat Pregnancy*

1990 • 156 citations

Placental Growth Hormone (GH), GH-Binding Protein, and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis in Normal, Growth-Retarded, and Diabetic Pregnancies: Correlations with Fetal Growth*

2000 • 155 citations

Regulation of maternal IGF-I by placental GH in normal and abnormal human pregnancies

1993 • 154 citations

Control of vascular resistance in the maternal and feto-placental arterial beds

1995 • 150 citations

Extravillous trophoblast in the human placenta

1997 • 150 citations

Role of placenta prowth factor (PIGF) in human extravillous trophoblast proliferation, migration and invasiveness

1998 • 146 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

Structure of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin β-Subunit Fragment from Pregnancy Urine*

1988 • 139 citations

Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor, placental growth factor, and their receptors Flt-1 and KDR in human placenta under pathologic conditions

2002 • 137 citations

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

1996 • 136 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of vascular endothelial growth factor in the human placenta

1996 • 136 citations

Transforming Growth Factor β1 Inhibits Placental Differentiation and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Human Placental Lactogen Secretion

1991 • 134 citations

The Central Role of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in the Formation of Human Placental Syncytium

2003 • 134 citations

The Human Placental Lactogen Genes: Structure, Function, Evolution and Transcriptional Regulation

1991 • 132 citations

In Vitro Biosynthesis and Comparative Posttranslational Processing of Immunoreactive Precursor Corticotropin/β-Endorphin by Human Placental and Pituitary Cells*

1980 • 129 citations

Physiological role of human placental growth hormone

1998 • 129 citations

Immunohistochemical Localization of Epidermal Growth Factor in Human Endometrium, Decidua, and Placenta*

1991 • 127 citations

Abundant expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein in human amnion and its association with labor.

1992 • 127 citations

Content of luteinizing hormone-releasing factor in the human placenta

1978 • 126 citations

The deactivation of hCG by nicking and dissociation.

1993 • 126 citations

Expression of functional human chorionic gonadotropin/human luteinizing hormone receptor gene in human uterine arteries.

1994 • 125 citations

Differential Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), Endocrine Gland Derived-VEGF, and VEGF Receptors in Human Placentas from Normal and Preeclamptic Pregnancies

2004 • 123 citations

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Stimulates Proliferation but Not Migration or Invasiveness in Human Extravillous Trophoblast1

1998 • 122 citations

Localization of Endoglin, a Transforming Growth Factor-β Binding Protein, and of CD44 and Integrins in Placenta during the First Trimester of Pregnancy1

1994 • 121 citations

Localization of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Factor in the Human Placenta

1978 • 121 citations

Expression of human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene in the placenta and its functional relationship to human chorionic gonadotropin secretion.

1995 • 119 citations

Inhibition of Endothelin Production by Adrenomedullin in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

1995 • 119 citations

The activin-binding protein follistatin regulates autocrine endothelial cell activity and induces angiogenesis.

1997 • 119 citations

Localization of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and colocalization of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A messenger ribonucleic acid and eosinophil granule major basic protein messenger ribonucleic acid in placenta.

1994 • 115 citations

FLRG (follistatin-related gene), a new target of chromosomal rearrangement in malignant blood disorders

1998 • 114 citations

Insulin-like growth factor-II and its binding proteins in placental development.

1992 • 114 citations

Regular Review: Ectopic pregnancy

2000 • 113 citations

Elevated Umbilical Cord Ghrelin Concentrations in Small for Gestational Age Neonates

2003 • 112 citations

Conversion of big endothelin‐1 to endothelin‐1 by two types of metalloproteinases derived from porcine aortic endothelial cells

1990 • 112 citations

IGFs and IGFBPs: role in health and disease

2002 • 110 citations

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A: Circulating levels during normal pregnancy

1981 • 109 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

Human placental immunoreactive corticotropin, lipotropin, and beta-endorphin: evidence for a common precursor.

1979 • 108 citations

Fibroblast growth factor in the human placenta

1985 • 107 citations

Presence and Synthesis of Inhibin Subunits in Human Decidua*

1990 • 106 citations

Preparation and Characterization of New WHO Reference Reagents for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Metabolites

2003 • 105 citations

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

1994 • 105 citations

A positive umbilical venous-arterial difference of leptin level and its rapid decline after birth

1998 • 104 citations

Comparative Biology of the IGF System in Endometrium, Decidua, and Placenta, and Clinical Implications for Foetal Growth and Implantation Disorders

2003 • 103 citations

Circulating levels of ghrelin in human fetuses

2003 • 102 citations

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

1999 • 102 citations

Isolation and Characterization of a Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone-Like Peptide From Human Placenta

1988 • 99 citations

Localization of the growth hormone receptor, identified by immunocytochemistry, in second trimester human fetal tissues and in placenta throughout gestation.

1992 • 98 citations

Role of stress peptides during human pregnancy and labour

2002 • 97 citations

Alteration of Plasma Ghrelin Levels Associated With the Blood Pressure in Pregnancy

2002 • 97 citations

AUTACOIDS AND CONTROL OF HUMAN PLACENTAL BLOOD FLOW

1994 • 96 citations

Fetal and maternal plasma insulin-like growth factors and binding proteins in pregnancies with appropriate or retarded fetal growth

1997 • 96 citations

Incidence of HIV-1 infection in a rural region of Uganda

1994 • 95 citations

The human placenta becomes haemochorial at the 13th week of pregnancy.

1992 • 92 citations

Postnatal Changes of Leptin Levels in Full-Term and Preterm Neonates: Their Relation to Intrauterine Growth, Gender and Testosterone

1999 • 92 citations

Placental corticotropin-releasing hormone may be a stimulator of maternal pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion in humans.

1989 • 91 citations

Inhibin and activin in human fetal membranes: evidence for a local effect on prostaglandin release.

1993 • 91 citations

Predictive Value of Hormone Measurements in Maternal and Fetal Complications of Pregnancy

2002 • 90 citations

Corticotropin releasing factor decidualizes human endometrial stromal cells in vitro. Interaction with progestin

1995 • 90 citations

β‐LIPOTROPHIN AND β‐ENDORPHIN PLASMA LEVELS DURING PREGNANCY

1981 • 90 citations

SURUSS in perspective

2004 • 88 citations

Development of highly sensitive immunoassays to measure human chorionic gonadotropin, its beta-subunit, and beta core fragment in the urine: application to malignancies.

1988 • 88 citations

Expression of the human neuropeptide tyrosine Y1 receptor.

1993 • 87 citations

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

1993 • 87 citations

Somatomedin Levels in Pregnancy: Longitudinal Study in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Growth Hormone Deficiency*

1984 • 86 citations

Changes in inhibins and activin secretion in healthy and pathological pregnancies

2001 • 86 citations

Leptin Receptor in Human Term Placenta: in Situ Hybridization and Immunohistochemical Localization

1999 • 85 citations

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

1996 • 85 citations

Adrenomedullin, a New Vasoactive Peptide, Is Increased in Preeclampsia

1998 • 84 citations

Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Effects on Placental Hormones during Gestation: I. Alpha-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and Human Chorionic Somatomammotropin

1986 • 83 citations

Immunoreactive adrenomedullin in human fetoplacental tissues

1998 • 83 citations

Localization of the cellular expression of inhibin in trophoblastic tissue

1998 • 82 citations

Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants born at term: growth and development during the first year of life.

1997 • 82 citations

Tachykinins and tachykinin receptors in human uterus

2003 • 82 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

Role of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor in the development of the human placenta

1995 • 81 citations

Immunoreactive circulating endothelin-1 in normal andhypertensive pregnancies

1992 • 80 citations

Cannabinoid receptors and their role in the regulation of the serotonin transporter in human placenta

1999 • 80 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and IGF binding proteins-1, -2 and -3 in human placenta and fetal membranes

1993 • 80 citations

The chemical identity of the immunoreactive LHRH-like peptide biosynthesized in the human placenta

1982 • 78 citations

Oxytocin receptor expression in human term and preterm gestational tissues prior to and following the onset of labour

1999 • 78 citations

Ghrelin Is Involved in the Decidualization of Human Endometrial Stromal Cells

2003 • 77 citations

Transforming growth factor-β1 expression during placental development

1991 • 77 citations

Role of Tachykinins in the Regulation of the Hypothalamo–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis

1998 • 76 citations

Antagonism of activin by inhibin and inhibin receptors: a functional role for betaglycan-glycan

2001 • 76 citations

Local production and action of follistatin in human placenta.

1994 • 74 citations

Increase in maternal placental growth hormone during pregnancy and disappearance during parturition in normal and growth hormone-deficient pregnancies

2003 • 74 citations

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

1988 • 74 citations

Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells: A New Source and Potential Target for Corticotropin-Releasing Factor

1999 • 73 citations

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

1990 • 72 citations

Characterization, localization and actions of endothelins in umbilical vessels and placenta of man

1991 • 71 citations

Serial salivary estriol to detect an increased risk of preterm birth

2000 • 71 citations

A role for noradrenaline in pre‐eclampsia: towards a unifying hypothesis for the pathophysiology

1998 • 70 citations

Expression and Relationship between Endothelin-1 Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) and Inducible/Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNA Isoforms from Normal and Preeclamptic Placentas

2000 • 70 citations

Binding of Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein to Vascular Smooth Muscle of Rabbit Renal Microvessels*

1990 • 70 citations

Elevated mid‐trimester maternal corticotrophin‐releasing hormone levels in pregnancies that delivered before 34 weeks

1999 • 70 citations

The Human Placenta and Fetal Membranes Express the Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor 1α (CRH-1α) and the CRH-C Variant Receptor¹

1998 • 69 citations

Perinatal Growth Hormone (GH) Physiology: Effect of GH-Releasing Factor on Maternal and Fetal Secretion of Pituitary and Placental GH*

1990 • 69 citations

Growth hormone-releasing hormone-like messenger ribonucleic acid and immunoreactive peptide are present in human testis and placenta.

1992 • 69 citations

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

1991 • 69 citations

Epidermal Growth Factor (Egf) Concentrations in Amniotic Fluid and Maternal Urine During Pregnancy

1990 • 69 citations

Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate, Prostaglandins, and Epinephrine Stimulate the Secretion of Immunoreactive Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone from Cultured Human Placental Cells*

1987 • 69 citations

Inhibins and activins in pregnancy

2004 • 68 citations

Second-trimester levels of maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin and inhibin a as predictors of preeclampsia in the third trimester of pregnancy

2000 • 68 citations

Detection of gonadotrophin releasing hormone and its receptor mRNA in human placental trophoblasts using in-situ reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction

1998 • 68 citations

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

2000 • 67 citations

Regulation of Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Gene Expression in Placental Cells*

2000 • 67 citations

Syncytiotrophoblastic localization of the human growth hormone variant mRNA in the placenta

1993 • 67 citations

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

1998 • 67 citations

Endothelin-1 promotes migration and induces elevation of [Ca2+]i and phosphorylation of MAP kinase of a human extravillous trophoblast cell line

2003 • 66 citations

Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Is a Depressor in N ^G -Nitro- <scp>l</scp> -Arginine Methyl Ester-Induced Hypertension During Pregnancy

1997 • 66 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptide in pregnancy and its emerging receptor heterogeneity

2002 • 66 citations

Pregnancy and sex steroid hormones enhance circulating calcitonin gene-related peptide concentrations in rats

2000 • 65 citations

Beta Endorphin Concentrations in Human Milk

2001 • 65 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-induced cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP and vasorelaxant responses in rat thoracic aorta are antagonized by blockers of endothelium-derived relaxant factor (EDRF)

1991 • 64 citations

SPONTANEOUS, GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE-INDUCED, AND PROGESTERONE-INHIBITED PULSATILE SECRETION OF HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER PLACENTA IN VITRO

1989 • 64 citations

The Effect of Hypophysectomy on Day 12 of Pregnancy on the Serum Progesterone Level and Time of Parturition in the Rat1

1972 • 64 citations

Adrenomedullin production is increased in normal human pregnancy

1999 • 63 citations

Expression and Localization of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Messenger Ribonucleic Acid in Rat Placenta:In VitroSecretion and Regulation of its Peptide Product

1990 • 63 citations

Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A Proteolytic Activity Is Associated with the Human Placental Trophoblast Cell Membrane

2002 • 63 citations

Expression of Somatostatin Receptor SST4 in Human Placenta and Absence of Octreotide Effect on Human Placental Growth Hormone Concentration during Pregnancy1

1997 • 62 citations

First trimester screening for aneuploidy: Serum biochemical markers

1999 • 61 citations

ATP Dependent Ca2+ Transport Across Basal Membrane of Human Syncytiotrophoblast in Pregnancies Complicated by Intrauterine Growth Restriction or Diabetes

2003 • 61 citations

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone activates mitogen-activated protein kinase in human ovarian and placental cells

2000 • 61 citations

Involvement of calcitonin gene–related peptide in the modulation of human myometrial contractility during pregnancy

1999 • 60 citations

The addition of activin A and inhibin A measurement to uterine artery Doppler velocimetry to improve the early prediction of pre‐eclampsia

2003 • 60 citations

Relationship between maternal and fetal corticotrophin-releasing hormone-41 and ACTH levels in human mid-trimester pregnancy

1987 • 59 citations

Expression of the messenger RNA for gonadotropin-releasing hormone and its receptor in human cancer cell lines

1998 • 58 citations

Differential Gene Expression of TGF‐β Isoforms and TGF‐β Receptors During the First Trimester of Pregnancy at the Human Maternal‐Fetal Interface

1998 • 57 citations

Steroid Hormones Modulate the Release of Immunoreactive Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone from Cultured Human Placental Cells*

1990 • 57 citations

Vasodilator Effects of Parathyroid Hormone, Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein, and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in the Human Fetal-Placental Circulation

1994 • 56 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of transforming growth factor-beta in human implantation sites.

1994 • 56 citations

Expression of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Endothelial Mitogenic Activity, and Angiotensin II Type-1 Receptors in the Ovine Placenta during the Third Trimester of Pregnancy1

1997 • 56 citations

Diagnosis and management of gestational trophoblastic disease

1993 • 56 citations

Human umbilical cord and fetal membranes co-express leptin and its receptor genes

2002 • 54 citations

Glucose inhibits human placental GH secretion, in vitro.

1995 • 54 citations

The Distribution of Activin and Activin Receptors in Gestational Tissues Across Human Pregnancy and During Labour

2002 • 52 citations

Immunoreactive gonadotropin-releasing hormone level in maternal circulation througout pregnancy

1984 • 52 citations

Placental Stress Factors and Maternal-Fetal Adaptive Response : The Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Family

2002 • 52 citations

THE PARATHYROID HORMONE–RELATED PROTEIN

2000 • 51 citations

Somatostatin in Cytotrophoblast of the Immature Human Placenta: Localization by Immunoperoxidase Cytochemistry*

1980 • 51 citations

Identification of Immunoreactive Neuropeptide-γ in Human Placenta: Localization, Secretion, and Binding Sites*

1989 • 49 citations

Human placenta expresses endothelin gene and corresponding protein is excreted in urine in increasing amounts during normal pregnancy

1991 • 47 citations

Immunolocalization of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in growing and growth-inhibited placental cells: A possible role for bFGF in placental cell development

1991 • 47 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

The influence of endothelin‐1 on human foeto‐placental blood vessels: a comparison with 5‐hydroxytryptamine

1992 • 45 citations

Hypotensive effects of ovine and human corticotrophin-releasing factors in man

1987 • 45 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Chorionic Gonadotropin Gene Expression in Human Placental Development

1991 • 45 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β&lt;sub&gt;1&lt;/sub&gt;, -β&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;, -β&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;and Their Type I and II Receptors in HumanTerm Placenta

2000 • 44 citations

Expression of the Three Endothelin Genes and Plasma Levels of Endothelin in Pre-Eclamptic and Normal Gestations

1993 • 44 citations

Human chorionic gonadotropin testing for early pregnancy viability and complications

2003 • 44 citations

Demonstration of immunoreactive somatostatin-like substance in villi and decidua in early pregnancy

1979 • 44 citations

Human placental gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) binding sites: I. Characterization, properties and ligand specificity

1992 • 44 citations

Adrenomedullin is increased in the fetoplacental circulation in intrauterine growth restriction with abnormal umbilical artery waveforms

2000 • 44 citations

The comparative effects of big endothelin-1, endothelin-1, and endothelin-3 in the human fetal-placental circulation

1992 • 43 citations

The effect of pre-eclampsia on human placental corticotrophin-releasing hormone content and processing

1995 • 43 citations

Fetal sheep endocrine responses to sustained hypoxemic stress after chronic fetal placental embolization

1997 • 43 citations

The effects of insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin on placental lactogen production by human term placental explants

1987 • 43 citations

Adrenomedullin, calcitonin gene-related peptide and their receptors: evidence for a decreased placental mRNA content in preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome

2002 • 43 citations

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

2002 • 43 citations

Occurrence of methionine enkephalin in human placental villus

1980 • 43 citations

High maternal serum chorionic gonadotropin level in Downs' syndrome pregnancies is caused by elevation of both subunits messenger ribonucleic acid level in trophoblasts.

1995 • 43 citations

Placental Biogenic Amine Transporters: In Vivo Function, Regulation and Pathobiological Significance

1999 • 42 citations

Effect of Adrenomedullin on Placental Arteries in Normal and Preeclamptic Pregnancies

2001 • 42 citations

Placental growth hormone and IGF‐I in a pregnant woman with Pit‐1 deficiency

2000 • 42 citations

Binding of Human Growth Hormone (GH)-Variant (Placental GH) to GH-Binding Proteins in Human Plasma*

1991 • 42 citations

Neurokinin B Is a Paracrine Vasodilator in the Human Fetal Placental Circulation

2003 • 41 citations

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

1995 • 41 citations

Vasopressin receptors in human pregnant myometrium and decidua: Interactions with oxytocin and vasopressin agonists and antagonists

1989 • 41 citations

Infusion of Pregnant Rats with Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP)8-37, a CGRP Receptor Antagonist, Increases Blood Pressure and Fetal Mortality and Decreases Fetal Growth1

2002 • 40 citations

Endothelium-dependent and -independent mechanisms of vasorelaxation by corticotropin-releasing factor in pregnant rat uterine artery.

1999 • 39 citations

Pulsatile fluctuations of plasma‐gonadotropin‐releasing hormone and corticotropin‐releasing factor levels in healthy pregnant women

1994 • 38 citations

Adrenomedullin Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression in the Placentae of Normal and Preeclamptic Pregnancies

2003 • 38 citations

Effect of insulin on human chorionic gonadotrophin secretion by placental explants

1993 • 37 citations

Placental Growth Hormones

2002 • 37 citations

Serial Plasma Oxytocin Levels During Pregnancy and Labor

1983 • 37 citations

Calcitonin gene- and parathyroid hormone-related peptides in preeclampsia: effects of magnesium sulfate

2001 • 37 citations

The Measurement of Maternal Plasma Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (CRF) and CRF-Binding Protein Improves the Early Prediction of Preeclampsia

2004 • 36 citations

Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion in Human Trophoblastic Cells in Culture

1990 • 36 citations

Human placental norepinephrine transporter mRNA: Expression and correlation with fetal condition at birth

1997 • 36 citations

Placental growth hormone variant: assay and clinical aspects

1994 • 36 citations

EPISODIC SECRETION OF HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN IN EARLY PREGNANCY

1981 • 36 citations

Low or absent unconjugated estriol in pregnancy: an indicator for steroid sulfatase deficiency detectable by fluorescence in situ hybridization and biochemical analysis

2002 • 36 citations

IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE‐RELEASING FACTOR‐LIKE MATERIAL IN HUMAN SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST AND TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOURS

1980 • 35 citations

Parathyroid hormone–related protein levels in maternal and cord blood

1997 • 35 citations

Uterus: The isolation, characterization and culture of human decidual endothelium

1995 • 35 citations

Changes in luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in human placenta throughout pregnancy.

1982 • 35 citations

Plasma and Amniotic Fluid Immunoreactive Neuropeptide-Y Level Changes during Pregnancy, Labor, and at Parturition

1989 • 34 citations

Kappa opiate binding sites in human placenta

1981 • 34 citations

Detection of placental growth hormone variant and chorionic somatomammotropin ribonucleic acid expression in human trophoblastic neoplasms by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.

1994 • 34 citations

Urocortin and Inflammation: Confounding Effects of Hypotension on Measures of Inflammation

1999 • 34 citations

Adrenomedullin gene expression in human placental tIssue and leukocytes: a potential marker of severe tIssue hypoxia in neonates with birth asphyxia

2002 • 34 citations

Endogenous opioid peptides in pregnancy

1983 • 34 citations

Mechanism of increased maternal serum total activin a and inhibin a in preeclampsia

2002 • 34 citations

Urocortin in pregnancy

1998 • 33 citations

Differential localization of endothelin ETa and ETB binding sites in human placenta

1993 • 33 citations

Placental hormones during induced hypoglycaemia in pregnant women with insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus: evidence of an active role for placenta in hormonal counter‐regulation

1998 • 33 citations

Immunohistochemical adrenomedullin expression is decreased in the placenta from pregnancies with pre‐eclampsia

2000 • 33 citations

Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) and CGRP Receptor Expression at the Human Implantation Site

2002 • 33 citations

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

2002 • 33 citations

Effects of restricting uteroplacental blood flow on concentrations of corticotrophin-releasing hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, cortisol, and prostaglandin E₂ in the sheep fetus during late pregnancy

1992 • 33 citations

Expression of mRNA for luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone receptors and epidermal growth factor receptors in human cancer cell lines.

1998 • 33 citations

Maternal serum activin A levels in association with intrauterine fetal growth restriction

2003 • 32 citations

Pregnancy and Steroid Hormones Enhance the Systemic and Regional Hemodynamic Effects of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Rats1

2001 • 32 citations

Sterol Sulfate Metabolism in the Adrenals of the Human Fetus, Anencephalic Newborn, and Adult*

1982 • 32 citations

Adrenomedullin in perinatal medicine

2003 • 32 citations

Serum levels of insulin, IGF‐1, and IGFBP‐1 in pre‐eclampsia and eclampsia

2003 • 32 citations

Placental Synthesis of Oestriol in Down's Syndrome Pregnancies

2000 • 32 citations

Human placenta and fetal membranes express follistatin-related gene mRNA and protein

2003 • 31 citations

Gestational age-related inhibition of placental hCG, αchCG and steroid hormone release in vitro by a GnRH antagonist

1987 • 31 citations

Cloning of Choriocarcinoma Cells Shows That Invasion Correlates with Expression and Activation of Gelatinase A

1996 • 31 citations

Maternal Serum Leptin Concentrations Do Not Correlate With Cord Blood Leptin Concentrations in Normal Pregnancy

2001 • 30 citations

Comparative regulation of inhibin, activin and human chorionic gonadotropin production by placental trophoblast cells in culture

1994 • 30 citations

The expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein mRNA and immunoreactive protein in human amnion and choriodecidua is increased at term compared with preterm gestation

1997 • 30 citations

Endocrinologic events in early pregnancy failure

1983 • 30 citations

Alteration of the Adrenomedullin Receptor Components Gene Expression Associated with the Blood Pressure in Pregnancy-induced Hypertension

2001 • 30 citations

Midmolecular parathyroid hormone-related peptide in serum during pregnancy, lactation and in umbilical cord blood

1995 • 30 citations

Serum activin A and inhibin A

2002 • 29 citations

Mechanisms of Adrenomedullin-Induced Increase of Pulmonary Blood Flow in Fetal Sheep

1999 • 29 citations

Modulation of Copper/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase Expression and Activity with In Vitro Differentiation of Human Villous Cytotrophoblasts

2000 • 29 citations

Longitudinal changes of insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins throughout normal pregnancy

2004 • 29 citations

Cord plasma corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein (CRF-BP) in term and preterm labour

1997 • 29 citations

Endothelial modulation of vasoconstrictor responses to endothelin‐1 in human placental stem villi small arteries

1995 • 29 citations

Increased concentrations of plasma neuropeptide Y in patients with eclampsia and preeclampsia

2000 • 28 citations

Paracrine regulation of endometrial function: interaction between progesterone and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and activin A

2003 • 28 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) in human term placenta and membranes

1994 • 28 citations

Properties and functions of human placental opioid system

1992 • 28 citations

Sensitivity of myometrium to CGRP varies during mouse estrous cycle and in response to progesterone

2000 • 28 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Increases Serum Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Pregnant Women.

1993 • 28 citations

Profile of neurokinin B concentrations in maternal and cord blood in normal pregnancy

2003 • 27 citations

Epidemiologic monitoring of prenatal screening for neural tube defects and Down syndrome

2003 • 27 citations

Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-Binding Protein: Origins and Possible Functions

1996 • 27 citations

Expression of Adrenomedullin by Human Placental Cytotrophoblasts and Choriocarcinoma JAr Cells

2001 • 26 citations

Immunohistochemical Localization of Endothelin‐1 in Placenta and Fetal Membranes in Term and Preterm Human Pregnancy

1995 • 26 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor messenger ribonucleic acid levels in human placentas from normal and pathological pregnancies

1997 • 26 citations

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

1997 • 26 citations

Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor in human placental syncytiotrophoblast brush-border and basal plasma membranes

1997 • 25 citations

Circulating Chromogranin A and Catecholamines in Human Fetuses at Uneventful Birth

1995 • 25 citations

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor: Gene Structure, Expression and Regulation

1996 • 25 citations

Maternal serum inhibin A levels are a marker of a viable trophoblast in incomplete and complete miscarriage

2003 • 25 citations

GROWTH HORMONE IN HUMAN PREGNANCY

1987 • 25 citations

Adrenocorticotropin causes vasodilatation in the human fetal-placental circulation.

1996 • 25 citations

Effects of nitric oxide donors and inhibitors of nitric oxide signalling on endothelin‐ and serotonin‐induced contractions in human placental arteries

2002 • 25 citations

The role of arginine vasopressin in human labour: functional studies, fetal production and localisation of V_1a receptor mRNA

2002 • 25 citations

Triple marker (α-fetoprotein, unconjugated estriol, human chorionic gonadotropin) versus α-fetoprotein plus free-β subunit in second-trimester maternal serum screening for fetal Down syndrome: A prospective comparison study

1995 • 24 citations

Circulating levels of immunoreactive parathyroid hormone-related protein and intact parathyroid hormone in human fetuses and newborns

1996 • 24 citations

The Placenta as a Neuroendocrine Organ

2001 • 24 citations

Transforming growth factor‐β1 does not relate to hypertension in pre‐eclampsia

2002 • 24 citations

Expression of Adrenomedullin in Feto-Placental Circulation of Human Normotensive Pregnant Women and Pregnancy-Induced Hypertensive Women

1999 • 23 citations

Sequence and Tissue Distribution of a Novel G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Expressed Prominently in Human Placenta

1999 • 23 citations

Localization of human placental opiate binding sites on the syncitial brush border membrane

1982 • 22 citations

Processing of Procorticotropin-Releasing Hormone (Pro-CRH): Molecular Forms of CRH in Normal and Preeclamptic Pregnancy¹

2000 • 22 citations

Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Suppression of Human Placental Progesterone Production

1980 • 22 citations

Lack of correlation between amniotic fluid and maternal plasma contents of β-endorphin, β-lipotropin, and adrenocorticotropic hormone in normal and pathologic pregnancies

1984 • 22 citations

Insulin-like growth factor-1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 in early human pregnancy

1992 • 21 citations

Co-expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and neuropilin-1 in ovine feto-placental artery endothelial cells

2002 • 21 citations

Placental proopiomelanocortin gene expression, adrenocorticotropin tissue concentrations, and immunostaining increase throughout gestation and are unaffected by prostaglandins, antiprogestins, or labor.

1996 • 21 citations

hCGRP_8‐37 Antagonizes Vasodilations and cAMP Responses to Rat CGRP in Rat Caudal Artery

1992 • 21 citations

Human syncytiotrophoblast NPY receptors are located on BBM and activate PLC-to-PKC axis

1998 • 20 citations

Human α- and β-calcitonin gene-related peptides are vasodilators in human chorionic plate vasculature

1989 • 20 citations

Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone: Past and Present

2000 • 20 citations

GnRH in pregnancy

1996 • 20 citations

Predictive value of early human chorionic gonadotrophin serum profiles for fetal growth retardation

1999 • 20 citations

Corticotropin releasing hormone- and adreno-corticotropin-like immunoreactivity in human placenta, peripheral and uterine vein plasma.

1987 • 19 citations

Expression and specific immunolocalization of the human parathyroid hormone/parathyroid hormone–related protein receptor in the uteroplacental unit

1998 • 19 citations

New peptides, hormones and parturition

1998 • 19 citations

Rapid, high-yield isolation of human chromogranin A from chromaffin granules of pheochromocytomas

1992 • 19 citations

Vasodilatory response of fetoplacental vasculature to adrenomedullin after constriction with the thromboxane sympathomimetic U46619

2000 • 19 citations

Growth Hormone-Binding Protein in Normal and Pathologic Gestation: Correlations with Maternal Diabetes and Fetal Growth¹

1997 • 18 citations

Fetal and Maternal Plasma Levels of Immunoreactive Somatostatin at Delivery: Evidence for Its Increase in the Umbilical Artery and Its Arterio-Venous Gradient in the Feto-Placental Circulation*

1983 • 18 citations

Nucleotide Sequence Analyses Predict that Human Pituitary and Human Placental Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors Have Identical Primary Structures

1998 • 18 citations

Plasma and placental calcitonin gene-related peptide in pregnancies complicated by severe preeclampsia

1995 • 18 citations

Somatostatin levels during infancy, pregnancy, and lactation: A review

1995 • 18 citations

Intrauterine expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein in normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancies

1998 • 18 citations

Maternal decidua and fetal membranes contain immunoreactive neuropeptide Y

1993 • 17 citations

Second-trimester maternal serum screening for Down's syndrome: free beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) and alpha-fetoprotein, with or without unconjugated oestriol, compared with total HCG, alpha- fetoprotein and unconjugated oestriol

1998 • 17 citations

In vivo effects of corticotropin-releasing factor in pregnant rats

1998 • 16 citations

Selectivity and potency of opioid peptides in regulating human chorionic gonadotropin release from term trophoblast tissue

1992 • 16 citations

Amniotic Fluid Endothelin‐1 Levels Are Increased in Pregnancy‐Induced Hypertension and Intrauterine Growth Retardation

1996 • 16 citations

Maternal and fetal plasma endothelin levels in intrauterine growth restriction: relation to umbilical artery Doppler flow velocimetry

2003 • 16 citations

Immunoreactive dynorphine in maternal blood, umbilical vein and amniotic fluid

1986 • 15 citations

Influence of labor on fetoplacental adrenomedullin concentrations

2001 • 15 citations

Expression of endothelin precursor genes in human trophoblast in culture

1996 • 15 citations

Differential distribution of endothelin receptor subtypes in placentae from normal and growth-restricted pregnancies

1997 • 15 citations

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

1999 • 15 citations

Human placental gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) binding sites: III. Changes in GnRH binding levels with stage of gestation

1994 • 15 citations

Adrenomedullin and nitric oxide synthase at the maternal-decidual interface in early spontaneous abortion.

2004 • 14 citations

Growth Hormone Receptor/Binding Protein: Physiology and Function

1994 • 14 citations

The Effect of Dynorphin on Placental Pulsatile Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Secretionin Vitro

1991 • 14 citations

Involvement of perivascular neuropeptide Y nerve fibres in uterine arterial vasoconstriction in conjunction with pregnancy

1989 • 13 citations

Expression of betaglycan in pregnant tIssues throughout gestation

2003 • 13 citations

Correlation between amniotic levels of α-MSH, ACTH and β-endorphin in late gestation and labour in normal and complicated pregnancies

1990 • 13 citations

Endothelium‐dependent relaxation followed by contraction mediated by NK₁ receptors in precontracted rabbit intrapulmonary arteries

2000 • 13 citations

Immunohistochemical Localization of ECE-1 in the Human Placenta

2000 • 12 citations

Differential Sensitivity of Human Nonpregnant and Pregnant Myometrium to Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide

1997 • 11 citations

Alteration in the Receptor Binding Specificity of Human Growth Hormone by Genomic Exon Exchange

1990 • 11 citations

Nonpeptide endothelin receptor antagonists: IV. Identification of receptors in rabbit colonic mucosa and smooth muscle and correlation with physiological effects.

1995 • 10 citations

Circadian variations of plasma somatostatin levels in healthy subjects.

1990 • 10 citations

Immunoreactive parathyroid hormone-related protein: its association with preterm labor

1995 • 10 citations

Oxytocin synthesis and metabolism in human decidua

1995 • 10 citations

Changes in β‐Endorphin in Fetal Membranes and Placenta in Normal and Pathological Pregnancies

1990 • 9 citations

Growth hormone-releasing hormone immunoreactivity in mouse placenta, maternal blood, and amniotic fluid: molecular characterization and secretion from primary cell cultures in vitro.

1995 • 9 citations

Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (BP) from human placenta are immunologically related to the growth hormone dependent binding protein in adult human serum (BP-53)

1990 • 8 citations

Behaviour of HPL and GH Plasmatic Rate in Pregnant Women at Different Times of Their Pregnancy during Dynamic Tests

1980 • 8 citations

High levels of human chromogranin A in umbilical cord plasma and amniotic fluid at parturition

2002 • 8 citations

Oxytocin in human intrauterine tissues at parturition

1995 • 8 citations

Plasma somatostatin concentration in the preterm neonate

1982 • 8 citations

Dynorphin A(1–8) in human placenta: Amino acid sequence determined by tandem mass spectrometry

1995 • 6 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Post-transcriptionally Inhibits Mouse Growth Hormone Releasing Factor Secretion in Placenta

1994 • 6 citations

Impaired uterine artery blood flow at mid gestation and low levels of maternal plasma Corticotropin-Releasing factor

2003 • 5 citations