The prevention of preterm labour – Corticotropin Releasing Hormone type 1 receptors as a target for drug design and development

Authors

Paul A. Keller, University of WollongongFollow
K. Kirkwood, University of Wollongong
J. Morgan, University of Wollongong
S. Westcott, University of Wollongong
A. McCluskey, University of Newcastle

RIS ID

10047

Publication Details

This article was originally published as Keller, P.A., Kirkwood, K., Morgan, J., Westcott, S. & 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, 3(4), 2003, 295-303. Copyright Bentham Science Publishers. Original item available here

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.