SESSION 10: BIOLOGY OF PREGNANCY

Chair: Mike Soares, Rosalie CM Simmen
Sunday, July 16, 2000
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
145 Birge

1:30 PM	DECIDUAL EXPRESSION OF 20HYDROSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE AND MECHANISM OF ITS REGULATION BY RAT DECIDUAL PRL (RDPRL). TESSIER, C. , A. PRIGENT-TESSIER, S. FERGUSON-GOTTSCHALL, J. DJIANE, G. GIBORI
1:45 PM	THE ROLE OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF) IN INCREASING PLACENTAL VASCULARITY AND EFFICIENCY DURING GESTATION IN THE PIG. VONNAHME, K. , M. WILSON, S.P FORD
2:00 PM	USE OF MICRO ARRAY MEMBRANES TO CHARACTERIZE DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION IN UTERINE ARTERY ENDOTHELIAL CELLS. CALE, J.M , S. TSOI, R.R MAGNESS, I.M BIRD
2:15 PM	THREE NOVEL PARALOGS OF THE RODENT PROLACTIN GENE FAMILY. DAI, G. , D. WANG, B. LIU, J.W KASIK, H. MULLER, R.A WHITE, GSCOTT HUMMEL, M.J SOARES
2:30 PM	REGULATION OF SOLUBLE LEPTIN RECEPTOR PROTEIN IN BABOON PREGNANCY: EFFECTS OF GESTATIONAL AGE AND FETECTOMY. EDWARDS, D.E , J.S O'NEIL, A.E GREEN, T. GIMPEL, VDANIEL CASTRACANE, M.C HENSON
2:45 PM	STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES OF THE OVARIAN WALL OF THE VIVIPAROUS MARINE TELEOST, GRASS ROCKFISH (SEBASTES RASTRELLIGER). MOORE, R.K , P.M COLLINS
3:00 PM	EVIDENCE THAT ANDROGEN BIOSYNTHESIS IS REGULATED BY CYTOCHROME B5 IN PRIMATE FETAL ADRENAL CORTEX. CONLEY, A.J , A. TARANTAL, S. MAPES
3:15 PM	PROSTAGLANDIN E2 (PGE2) PRETREATMENT ENHANCES DISPERSED FETAL OVINE ADRENAL CELL RESPONSES TO ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN (ACTH) AT 110 DAYS OF GESTATIONAL AGE (DGA). MCDONALD, T.J , E. ZAMBRANO, P.W NATHANIELSZ