C. Rao

C. Rao, A. Jimenez, J. Passmore, 1996, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.

Immortalized hippocampal cells contain functional luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptors.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, W. Zhang, 1999, Life sciences.

Eicosanoid biosynthetic enzymes in placental and decidual tissues from preeclamptic pregnancies: increased expression of thromboxane-A2 synthase gene.

V. Ullrich, C. Yokoyama, T. Tanabe, 1994, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Cryptorchidism in LhrKO animals and the effect of testosterone-replacement therapy.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, D. Lin, 2006, Human reproduction.

Cryptorchidism in Lhr KO animals and the effect of testosterone-replacement therapy

C. Rao, Z. Lei, D. Lin, 2006 .

Presence of a Gsα mutation in an adrenal tumor expressing LH/hCG receptors and clinically associated with Cushing's syndrome

J. Soares, L. Sobrinho, Maria João M Bugalho, 2000 .

Upregulation of Placental Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase by Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

O. Takikawa, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 2007, Biology of reproduction.

Does full-term pregnancy at a young age protect women against breast cancer through hCG?

C. Rao, 2000, Obstetrics and gynecology.

Treatment of human endometrial gland epithelial cells with chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone increases the expression of the cyclooxygenase-2 gene.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Zhou, 1999, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Homologous down-regulation of luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptors by increasing the degradation of receptor transcripts in human uterine endometrial stromal cells.

S. Han, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1997, Biology of reproduction.

Restoration of human chorionic gonadotropin response in human myometrial smooth muscle cells by treatment with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH): evidence for the presence of FSH receptors in human myometrium.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 1996, European journal of endocrinology.

Human intermediate trophoblasts express chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptor gene.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, G. Hofmann, 1995, Biology of reproduction.

Gonadotropin receptors in human fetoplacental unit: Implications for hCG as an intracrine, paracrine and endocrine regulator of human fetoplacental function

C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1992 .

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

J. Lin, Jing Lin, C. Rao, 1993, Endocrinology.

Multiple novel roles of luteinizing hormone.

C. Rao, C. Rao, 2001, Fertility and sterility.

Messenger ribonucleic acid expression of LH/hCG receptor gene in human ovarian carcinomas.

I. Konishi, M. Mandai, T. Mori, 1997, European journal of cancer.

Erectile dysfunction in a murine model of sleep apnea.

A. D. Nozdrachev, D. Gozal, Z. Shah, 2008, American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine.

Human chorionic gonadotropin directly and indirectly alters uterine arteriolar diameters in cycling rats.

C. Rao, N. L. Alsip, E. Asher, 1997, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology.

Characterization of human chorionic gonadotropin as a novel angiogenic factor.

K. Preissner, K. Münstedt, M. Zygmunt, 2002, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Novel expression of luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor gene in rat prostates

C. Rao, Z. Lei, S. Woodworth, 1995, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Paradigm Shift on the Targets of hCG Actions

C. Rao, 2015 .

11 – Paradigm Shift on the Targets of hCG Actions

C. Rao, 2010 .

Human fetal nongonadal tissues contain human chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptors.

S. Nakajima, E. Jauniaux, Xian Li, 2004, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Expression of epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor-alpha, and their common receptor genes in human umbilical cords.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 1995, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

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

J. Spinnato, C. Rao, X. Li, 1994, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

The presence of gonadotropin receptors in nonpregnant human uterus, human placenta, fetal membranes, and decidua.

N. Chegini, J. Luborsky, C. Rao, 1990, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Discordant synthesis and secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin and subunits by cervical carcinoma cells.

L. Cole, R. Hussa, C. Rao, 1981, Cancer research.

A simple way to determine nonspecific effects of plasma and serum components in radioreceptor assays and radioimmunoassays for human chorionic gonadotropin.

R. Hussa, C. Rao, 1982, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Deficiency Increases the Susceptibility to Alkylating Agent-Induced Lymphomagenesis in Mice

Zi-Jian Lan, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 2010, Hormones & cancer.

Novel expression of human chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptor gene in brain.

P. Licht, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1993, Endocrinology.

Targeted disruption of luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptor gene.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 2001, Molecular endocrinology.

Stability of human chorionic gonadotropin and its alpha subunit in human blood.

R. Hussa, C. Rao, M. Yussman, 1983, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology.

Consequences of targeted inactivation of LH receptors

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Z. Lei, 2002, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

S. Nakajima, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 2022 .

Neural Actions of Luteinizing Hormone and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Z. Lei, 2001, Seminars in reproductive medicine.

Seminal vesicles are novel sites of luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin-receptor gene expression.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Y. Tao, 1998, Journal of andrology.

Novel expression of functional human chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptor gene in human umbilical cords.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 1993, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Clinical importance of vascular LH/hCG receptors--a review.

C. Rao, A. Sebestyén, N. Pásztor, 2001, Reproductive biology.

The past, present and future of nongonadal LH/hCG actions in reproductive biology and medicine

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Z. Lei, 2007, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

HCG concentration and receptor gene expression in placental tissue from trisomy 18 and 21.

E. Jauniaux, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 2000, Molecular human reproduction.

Novel concepts of human chorionic gonadotropin: reproductive system interactions and potential in the management of infertility.

I. Huhtaniemi, A. Fazleabas, M. Zygmunt, 2005, Fertility and sterility.

Protective Role of Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin and Luteinizing Hormone Against Breast Cancer

C. Rao, Z. Lei, 2001 .

How and Why Do Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms Overproduce Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

C. Rao, 2015 .

How and Why Do Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms Overproduce Human Chorionic Gonadotropin ?

C. Rao, 2014 .

Novel coexpression of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)/human luteinizing hormone receptors and their ligand hCG in human fallopian tubes.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, D. Pridham, 1993, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Therapeutic Potential of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Against Overactive Bladder

C. Rao, 2016, Reproductive Sciences.

Why are We Waiting to Start Large Scale Clinical Testing of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin for the Treatment of Preterm Births?

C. Rao, 2016, Reproductive Sciences.

Therapeutic Potential of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Against Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis

C. Rao, 2016, Reproductive Sciences.

There is no turning back on the paradigm shift on the actions of human chorionic gonadotropin and luteinizing hormone

C. Rao, 2016 .

Human cervix contains functional luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptors.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 2003, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Human Cervix Contains Functional Luteinizing Hormone/Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Receptors

C. Rao, Z. Lei, L. X, 2003 .

Human chorionic gonadotropin exhibits potent inhibition of preterm delivery in a small animal model.

C. Rao, L. Goldsmith, Z. Lei, 1999, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology.

The urinary bladder of a woman is a novel site of luteinizing hormone-human chorionic gonadotropin receptor gene expression.

M. Heit, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1998, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology.

Novel Concepts in Neuroendocrine Regulation of Reproductive Tract Functions

C. Rao, 1998 .

The presence of luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptors in lactating rat mammary glands.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Y. Tao, 1997, Life sciences.

Up-regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression by chorionic gonadotropin during the differentiation of human endometrial stromal cells into decidua.

S. Han, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1996, Endocrinology.

Expression of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)/luteinizing hormone receptors and regulation of the cyclooxygenase-1 gene by exogenous hCG in human fetal membranes.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 1996, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Novel regulation of pregnant human myometrial smooth muscle cell gap junctions by human chorionic gonadotropin.

C. Rao, G. Ambrus, 1994, Endocrinology.

Administration of human chorionic gonadotropin affects sleep-wake phases and other associated behaviors in cycling female rats

K. Reid, C. Rao, V. Iyer, 1994, Brain Research.

Direct novelregulation of cyclooxygenase and prostacyclin synthase by human chorionic gonadotropin in the human amnion

C. Rao, P. Tóth, P. Toth, 1994 .

Human chorionic gonadotropin promotes tumorigenesis of choriocarcinoma JAr cells

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Ç. Gerçel-Taylor, 1999 .

Increased expression of luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptor gene in human endometrial carcinomas.

J. Lin, P. Satyaswaroop, C. Rao, 1994, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms in epidermal growth factor regulation of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) subunits and hCG receptor gene expression in human choriocarcinoma cells.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, H. Cao, 1994, Endocrinology.

The expression of human chorionic gonadotropin/human luteinizing hormone receptors in human gestational trophoblastic neoplasms.

C. Rao, T. Day, Z. Lei, 1992, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals New Insights into the Modulation of Endometrial Stromal Cell Receptive Phenotype by Embryo-Derived Signals Interleukin-1 and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: Possible Involvement in Early Embryo Implantation

E. Calvo, C. Rao, A. Akoum, 2013, PloS one.

Recent progress in luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotrophin hormone research.

C. Rao, N. Rahman, 2009, Molecular human reproduction.

Chorionic gonadotropin down-regulates the expression of the decoy inhibitory interleukin 1 receptor type II in human endometrial epithelial cells.

C. Rao, A. Akoum, C. Herrmann-Lavoie, 2007, Endocrinology.

Physiological and Pathological Relevance of Human Uterine LH/hCG Receptors

C. Rao, 2006, The Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation: JSGI.

Targeted disruption of LH receptor gene revealed the importance of uterine LH signaling

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 2005, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Expression of transcription factor Oct-4 and other embryonic genes in CD133 positive cells from human umbilical cord blood

K. Preissner, R. Bohle, K. Münstedt, 2004, Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

Human chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptor expression in the adult rat spinal cord

D. Magnuson, C. Rao, Xian Li, 2003, Neuroscience Letters.

Luteinizing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin decrease type 2 5 alpha-reductase and androgen receptor protein levels in women's skin.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 1998, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Novel independent and synergistic regulation of gonadotropin-α subunit gene by luteinizing hormone/human choriogonadotropin and gonadotropin releasing hormone in the αT3-1 gonadotrope cells

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Z. Huang, 1997, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Neurons from fetal rat brains contain functional luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptors.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, A. A. al-Hader, 1997, Biology of reproduction.

Novel expression of functional luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptors in cultured glial cells from neonatal rat brains.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, A. A. al-Hader, 1997, Biology of reproduction.

Immortalized anterior pituitary α T3 gonadotropes contain functional luteinizing hormone/human chrionic gonadotropin receptors

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Z.-H. Huang, 1995, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Human myometrial smooth muscle cells are novel targets of direct regulation by human chorionic gonadotropin.

J. Környei, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1993, Biology of reproduction.

Biological actions of monoclonal luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptor antibodies.

J. Wimalasena, D. Johnson, T. T. Chen, 1992, Biology of reproduction.

Role of luteal cell nucleus in the expression of gonadotropin action

N. Chegini, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1991, Journal of endocrinological investigation.

The presence of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A in human corpora lutea: cellular and subcellular distribution and dependence on reproductive state.

P. Bischof, N. Chegini, C. Rao, 1991, Biology of reproduction.

Differential properties of human chorionic gonadotrophin and human luteinizing hormone binding to plasma membranes of bovine corpora lutea.

C. Rao, 1979, Acta endocrinologica.

Localization of receptors for luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin in neural retina.

D. M. Eadie, M. Othman, D. Thompson, 1998, Life sciences.

Inclusion of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in the Family of Therapeutic Glycoproteins

C. Rao, 2017 .

Potential Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sjögren Syndrome With Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

C. Rao, 2016, Reproductive Sciences.

Lymphocytes from pregnant women express human chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptor gene

J. Lin, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1995, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Protective Effects of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Against Breast Cancer: How Can We Use This Information to Prevent/Treat the Disease?

C. Rao, 2017, Reproductive Sciences.

An Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of Nongonadal LH/hCG Actions in Reproductive Biology and Medicine

C. Rao, C. Rao, 2001, Seminars in reproductive medicine.

The expression of thromboxane A2 synthase and thromboxane A2 receptor gene in human uterus.

S. Narumiya, M. Hirata, P. Swanson, 1992, Biology of reproduction.

The beginning of a new era in reproductive biology and medicine: Expression of low levels of functional luteinizing hormone human chorionic gonadotropin receptors in nongonadal tissues

C. Rao, 1996 .

Novel self-regulation of human chorionic gonadotropin biosynthesis in term pregnancy human placenta.

P. Licht, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1993, Endocrinology.

Knockout of Gonadotropins and Their Receptor Genes

C. Rao, Z. Lei, 2003 .

Multiple pituitary and ovarian defects in Krox-24 (NGFI-A, Egr-1)-targeted mice.

S. Schneider-Maunoury, G. Levi, A. Trembleau, 1998, Molecular endocrinology.

Mitogen-activated protein kinase is involved in epidermal-growth-factor-regulated protein phosphorylation in nuclear membranes isolated from JEG-3 human choriocarcinoma cells.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, L. Bian, 1998, European journal of biochemistry.

Peritoneal papillary serous carcinoma arising in an infertile woman during ovulation-induction therapy: immunohistochemical expression of LH/hCG receptors.

I. Konishi, H. Kanzaki, M. Mandai, 1995, Gynecologic oncology.

LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN LEIOMYOMATOSIS PERITONEALIS DISSEMINATA

C. Rao, Dimitrios Danikas, Vasilios T. Goudas, 2000, Obstetrics and gynecology.

A novel regulation of the oviductal glycoprotein gene expression by luteinizing hormone in bovine tubal epithelial cells

T. Sun, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1997, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Up-regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression by chorionic gonadotropin in mucosal cells from human fallopian tubes.

S. Han, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1996, Endocrinology.

Involvement of Luteinizing Hormone in Alzheimer Disease Development in Elderly Women

C. Rao, 2017, Reproductive Sciences.

Nuclear volume and chromatin conformation of small and large bovine luteal cells: effect of gonadotropins and prostaglandins and dependence on luteal phase

N. Chegini, C. Rao, Z. Lei, 1991, Cell and Tissue Research.

Macrophages in Human Reproductive Tissues Contain Luteinizing Hormone/Chorionic Gonadotropin Receptors

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Y. M. Zhang, 2003, American journal of reproductive immunology.

cis-Acting Elements and trans-Acting Proteins in the Transcriptional Inhibition of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Gene by Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Immortalized Hypothalamic GT1–7 Neurons*

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Z. Lei, 1997, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Adrenocorticotropin-independent Cushing’s syndrome in pregnancy related to overexpression of adrenal luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptors

P. Hellman, E. Schvarcz, F. Karlsson, 2009, Journal of endocrinological investigation.

Pregnancy-associated Cushing's syndrome secondary to a luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptor-positive adrenal carcinoma

C. Rao, H. Carlson, P. Kane, 2002, Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology.

Identification of Immunoreactive Luteinizing Hormone Receptors in the Adrenal Cortex of the Female Rhesus Macaque

B. Lasley, A. Conley, C. Rao, 2016, Reproductive Sciences.

Virilization of a female infant by a maternal adrenocortical carcinoma.

T. Daskivich, B. Churchill, M. Yeh, 2011, Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Human adrenal LH/hCG receptors and what they could mean for adrenal physiology and pathology

C. Rao, 2010, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Human adrenal cortical H295R cells contain functional luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptors: A potential explanation for increased androgen levels in chorionic anovulatory women

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Zhou, 1998 .

Presence of a Gs alpha mutation in an adrenal tumor expressing LH/hCG receptors and clinically associated with Cushing's syndrome.

J. Soares, L. Sobrinho, Maria João M Bugalho, 2000, Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology.

Letter to the Editor

E. Stewart, C. Rao, 2002, The Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation: JSGI.

Potential Therapy for Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Infections With Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

C. Rao, 2015, Reproductive Sciences.

Increases in luteinizing hormone are associated with declines in cognitive performance

G. Casadesus, Mark A. Smith, R. Keri, 2007, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology.

Differential cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 gene expression in human myometria from preterm and term deliveries.

C. Rao, J Zuo, Z M Lei, 1994, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Human myometrial chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptors in preterm and term deliveries.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, J. Zuo, 1994, The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

Feto-placental communication system with the myometrium inpregnancy and parturition: The role of hormones, neurohormones, inflammatory mediators, and locally active factors

C. Rao, C. Ticconi, E. Piccione, 2006, The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians.

Decreased expression of functional human chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptor gene in human uterine leiomyomas.

C. Rao, Z. Lei, X. Li, 1995, Biology of reproduction.

Determinants of Transcription of the Chorionic Gonadotropin /Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Gene in Human Breast Cells

C. Rao, Z. Lei, Y. Hu, 1999, The breast journal.

Genetic Ablation of Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Improves the Amyloid Pathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease

Ling Lin, Jing Lin, C. Rao, 2010, Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology.

[LH receptors: follicle and endometrium].

C. Rao, 2002, Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction.

New Understanding in the Biochemistry of Implantation: Potential Direct Roles of Luteinizing Hormone and Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

C. Rao, J. Sanfilippo, 1997 .

Use of the rat model to study hCG/LH effects on uterine blood flow.

C. Rao, N. L. Alsip, 2001, Seminars in Reproductive Medicine.