SESSION 11: APOPTOSIS IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

Chair: Susan Quirk, Gloria Perez
Sunday, July 16, 2000
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Social Sciences 5206

1:30 PM	GONADAL FAILURE IN LH/HCG RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT MICE: INCREASED APOPTOSIS AND DECREASED TELOMERASE LEVELS. MISHRA, S , ZM LEI, C. RAO
1:45 PM	ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR (AHR)-DEPENDENT INDUCTION OF BAX GENE EXPRESSION IS REQUIRED FOR OOCYTE APOPTOSIS CAUSED BY POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS. MATIKAINEN, T. , G.I PEREZ, A. JURISICOVA, K.K MANN, J. SCHLEZINGER, S.J KORSMEYER, R.F CASPER, D.H SHERR, J.L TILLY
2:00 PM	LEPTIN ATTENUATES FOLLICULAR APOPTOSIS AND ACCELERATES THE ONSET OF PUBERTY IN IMATURE RATS. ALMOG, B , R. GOLD, A. DANTES, D. BARKAN, R. HOMBURG, J. LESSING, N. NEVO, M. RUBINSTEIN, A. GERTLER, A. AMSTERDAM
2:15 PM	NFB-MEDIATED INDUCTION OF FLICE-LIKE INHIBITORY PROTEIN (FLIP) BY TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR- IN RAT GRANULOSA CELLS. XIAO, C.WU , B.K TSANG
2:30 PM	CASPASE-3 IS INVOLVED IN GERM CELL APOPTOSIS RESULTING FROM REDUCED INTRATESTICULAR TESTOSTERONE CONCENTRATION IN THE ADULT RAT TESTIS. KIM, J. , S. GHOSH, B.R ZIRKIN
2:45 PM	ANEUPLOIDY BUT NOT MATERNAL IMPRINTING ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENTAL ARREST AND APOPTOSIS IN MOUSE PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYOS. KEEFE, D.L , L LIU
3:00 PM	ANALYSIS OF APOPTOSIS IN IN VITRO CULTURED BOVINE BLASTOCYSTS USING TUNEL. NEUBER, E , A. CHAN, C. LUETJENS, G. SCHATTEN
3:15 PM	INHIBITION OF APOPTOSIS IN LUTEINIZING HORMONE STIMULATED GRANULOSA CELLS IS MEDIATED BY THE PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR. MARKSTRöM, E. , E. SVENSSON, H. BILLIG