SESSION 18: IMPLANTATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Bruce A Lessey, Indrani Bagchi
Monday, July 17, 2000
1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Social Sciences 5208

1:30 PM	MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR (CSF-1) IS AN IMPORTANT AUTOCRINE / PARACRINE GROWTH FACTOR FOR PORCINE TROPHOBLAST CELLS. DIXON, W.T , L. JIANG, S. NOVAK, J. TURCHINSKY, J. RAMSOONDAR, G.R FOXCROFT
1:45 PM	ACTIVATION OF CONCEPTUS AND MATERNAL INTEGRINS BY TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA LATENCY ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE. JAEGER, L.A , R.C BURGHARDT, G.A JOHNSON, F.W BAZER
2:00 PM	ROLE OF MUC-1, INTEGRINS AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENTS IN THE IMPLANTATION CASCADE IN SHEEP. JOHNSON, G.A , F.W BAZER, L.A JAEGER, T.E SPENCER, C. PFARRER, R.C BURGHARDT
2:15 PM	ROLE OF OSTEOPONTIN DURING EARLY PREGNANCY IN PIGS. GARLOW, J.E , H. KA, G.A JOHNSON, L.A JAEGER, R.C BURGHARDT, F.W BAZER
2:30 PM	LOCALIZATION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE (MMP) ENZYMES, MMP-2 AND MMP-3, TO LUMINAL ENDOMETRIAL EPITHELIA BY INTERACTION WITH v3 AND v5 INTEGRINS DURING THE WINDOW OF IMPLANTATION. SHARPE-TIMMS, K.L , K.E COX, B. RAY, B.A LESSEY
2:45 PM	CALCITONIN DOWN-REGULATES E-CADHERIN EXPRESSION IN UTERINE EPITHELIUM DURING IMPLANTATION. LI, Q. , J WANG, D. ARMANT, M.K BAGCHI, I.C BAGCHI
3:00 PM	ESTROGEN INDUCES EXPRESSION OF SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEASE INHIBITOR (SLPI) IN THE RAT UTERINE EPITHELIUM AT THE TIME OF IMPLANTATION. XU, X. , D. CHEN, Y. CHEON, I.C BAGCHI, M.K BAGCHI