title: Regulation of placental corticotropin-releasing hormone by steroids. Possible implications in labor initiation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karalis
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Majzoub
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000502:physiology*; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000502:physiology; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000502:physiology*; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000502:physiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014327:Trophoblasts / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D011374:Progesterone; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D006854:Hydrocortisone