The Prevention of Preterm Labour - Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Type 1 Receptors as a Target for Drug Design and Development

Title: The Prevention of Preterm Labour - Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Type 1 Receptors as a Target for Drug Design and Development

Volume: 3 Issue: 4

Author(s): P. A. Keller, K. Kirkwood, J. Morgan, S. Westcott and A. McCluskey

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Keywords: Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH),, premature birth, antagonists

Abstract: The role of the corticotropin releasing hormone in the onset of labour and the subsequent medicinal chemistry implications of CRH antagonists for the prevention of premature birth, and identification of the CRH type 1 receptor as the target for this drug design, are reviewed here.

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Keller A. P., Kirkwood K., Morgan J., Westcott S. and McCluskey A., The Prevention of Preterm Labour - Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Type 1 Receptors as a Target for Drug Design and Development, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2003; 3(4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389557033488105