69. PROGESTERONE PROMOTES OOCYTE MATURATION, BUT NOT OVULATION, IN PRIMATE FOLLICLES WITHOUT A GONADOTROPIN SURGE. Borman, Sherri¹, Chaffin, Charles², Schwinof, Kristine¹, Stouffer, Richard^1,3, Zelinski-Wooten, Mary^1,3, ¹ Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR² Department of Physiology, Augusta, GA³ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Portland, OR
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70. EFFECT OF ANGIOTENSIN II AND RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS ON PORCINE PREANTRAL OVARIAN FOLLICLES CULTURED IN SERUM-FREE MEDIA. Shuttleworth, Gail^1,2, Broughton Pipkin, Fiona², Hunter, Morag³, ¹ AgResearch, Upper Hutt, NZ² Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nottingham, UK³ Division of Animal Physiology, Sutton Bonington, UK
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71. EFFECTS OF REDUCTION IN PRIMORDIAL FOLLICLE-STOCKPILE SIZE ON NEONATAL FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT AND CIRCULATING HORMONE LEVELS IN THE RAT . Shirota, Mariko^1,2, Soda, Sachie², Katoh, Chie², Asai, Sayaka³, Watanabe, Gen³, Taya, Kazuyoshi³, Sato, Masako¹, Ohta, Ryo¹, Shirota, Kinji², ¹ Hatano Research Institute of Food and Drug Safety Center, Kanagawa, Japan² Research Institute of Biosciences, Kanagawa, Japan³ Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology, Tokyo, Japan
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72. CHANGES OF mRNA EXPRESSION OF ANGIOGENIC FACTORS AND RELATED RECEPTORS DURING FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT IN GILTS. Shimizu, Takashi¹, Jiang, Jin-Yi¹, Sasada, Hiroshi¹, Sato, Eimei¹, ¹ Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Sendai, JP
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73. INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN -2, -3, AND -4 MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID EXPRESSION IN BOVINE OVARIAN FOLLICLES. Canty, Mary^1,2, Boland, Maurice¹, Crowe, Mark², ¹ Department of Animal Husbandry and Production, Dublin, Ireland² Department of Animal Science and Production, Dublin, Ireland
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74. INTRAFOLLICULAR ADMINISTRATION OF EQUINE LH ON STEROIDOGENESIS AND MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-2 IN VERNAL TRANSITION FOLLICLES IN PONY MARES. Desvousges, Andria¹, Sharp, Daniel¹, Bousfield, George², ¹ Dept of Animal Sciences, Gainesville, FL² Dept of Biological Sciences, Wichita, KS
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75. PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS AND PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR-TYPE-1 IN RHESUS MONKEY OVARY. Feng, Qiang¹, Liu, Yi-Xun¹, Liu, Kui¹, Fu, Guo-Qiang¹, Hu, Zhao-Yuan¹, Liu, Hai-Zhen¹, Zou, Ru-Jin¹, ¹ State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Beijing, P.R.China
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76. EFFECTS OF CHOLINERGIC BLOCKADE AT ESTRUS ON OVARIAN HORMONES SECRETION. Dominguez, Roberto¹, Barco, Ana¹, Chavira, Roberto², Cruz, Maria¹, ¹ Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Mexico City, MX² Dept of Biology of Reproduction, Mexico City, MX
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77. TWO ISOFORMS OF THE ACTIVIN _A SUBUNIT IN ZEBRAFISH OVARY: mRNA EXPRESSION AND REGULATION BY GONADOTROPIN. DiMuccio, Tamara¹, Mukai, Spencer¹, Kohli, Nikki¹, Clelland, Eric¹, Wu, Tingting¹, Peng, Chun¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Toronto, CA
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78. REGULATED EXPRESSION AND POTENTIAL ROLE OF PROHIBITIN GENE PRODUCT DURING FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT AND ATRESIA IN THE RAT OVARY. Branch, Alicia¹, Asselin, Eric³, Stiles, Jonathan², Tsang, Benjamin³, Thompson, Winston¹, ¹ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Cooperative Reproductive Science Research Center, Atlanta, GA³ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Ottawa, CA² Department of Microbiology Biochemistry and Immunology, Atlanta, GA
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79. GDF-9 STIMULATES PROGRESSION OF PRIMARY BUT NOT PRIMORDIAL OVARIAN FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE RAT. Nilsson, Eric¹, Skinner, Michael¹, ¹ Center for Reproductive Biology, Pullman, WA
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80. INDUCTION OF 17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 4 IN EQUINE PREOVULATORY FOLLICLES DURING HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN-INDUCED OVULATION . Brown, Kristy¹, Boerboom, Derek¹, Bouchard, Nadine¹, Lussier, Jacques¹, Sirois, Jean¹, ¹ Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Animale, St-Hyacinthe, CA
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81. EXPRESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF AP-1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN PORCINE OVARIAN FOLLICLES AND CORPORA LUTEA . Rusovici, Raluca¹, LaVoie, Holly¹, ¹ Dept of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Columbia, SC
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82. COORDINATED REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTS ENCODING ADAMTS-1 AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR IN EQUINE PREOVULATORY FOLLICLES. Boerboom, Derek^1,2, Russell, Darryl¹, Richards, JoAnne¹, Sirois, Jean², ¹ Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Houston, TX² Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Animale, St-Hyacinthe, Canada
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83. STEROIDOGENIC CHANGES IN DOMINANT OVARIAN FOLLICLES UNDERGOING ATRESIA INDUCED BY ESTRADIOL BENZOATE IN HEIFERS. Burke, Chris^1,2, Mussard, Martin¹, Gasser, Chad¹, Behlke, Eric¹, Grum, David¹, Day, Michael¹, ¹ Dept of Animal Sciences, Columbus, OH² Dexcel Research Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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84. RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SCAVENGER RECEPTOR, SR-BI AND ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER (ABC-1) IN HDL-CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT AND ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS IN THECA-INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF THE OVARY. Wu, Qian¹, Peegel, H.¹, Azhar, S.², Menon, K.M.J.¹, ¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biological Chemistry, Ann Arbor, MI² GRECC, Palo Alto, CA
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85. CELL DEATH IN THE OVARIAN SURFACE EPITHELIAL CELLS FROM THE STIGMA AREA OF THE LARGEST FOLLICLES IN THE HEN. Giles, James¹, Johnson, Patricia¹, ¹ Department of Animal Science, Ithaca, NY
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86. LH INHIBITS Fas-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN OVARIAN SURFACE EPITHELIAL CELL LINES. Slot, Karin¹, de Boer-Brouwer, Mieke¹, Teerds, Katja¹, ¹ Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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87. GATA-4 AND GATA-6 EXPRESSION AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION IN PORCINE OVARIES DURING THE ESTROUS CYCLE. Gillio Meina, Carolina¹, LaVoie, Holly¹, ¹ Dept. of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Columbia, SC
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88. FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE RESPONSIVENESS AND LEVELS IN MICE DEFICIENT IN THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR. Benedict, Jamie¹, Marion, S², Hoyer, Patricia², Flaws, Jodi¹, ¹ Program in Toxicology, Baltimore, MD² Deparment of Physiology, Tucson, AZ
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89. ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF THE FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE RECEPTOR: EXAMINATION OF THE NOVEL GROWTH FACTOR TYPE-I AND DOMINANT NEGATIVE ALTERNATE TRANSCRIPTS IN THE BOVINE AND PORCINE OVARIES. Craig, Robin¹, Grieger, David¹, Freeman, Lisa², Rozell, Timothy¹, ¹ Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Manhattan, KS² Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Manhattan, KS
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90. CHANGES IN FSH HETEROGENEITY INFLUENCE INTRA-FOLLICULAR INHIBIN/ACTIVIN _B SUBUNIT mRNA EXPRESSION. Sharma, Tejinder¹, Thompson, Robert¹, West, Christine, Ye, Wen, Padmanabhan, Vasantha¹, ¹ Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Reproductive Sciences Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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91. DISTINCT FORMS OF FOLLISTATIN IN HUMAN SERUM AND FOLLICULAR FLUID. Schneyer, Alan¹, Sidis, Yisrael¹, Sluss, Patrick¹, ¹ Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Boston, MA
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92. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HUMAN OVARIAN FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE BINDING INHIBITOR AND ITS N-TERMINAL FRAGMENT. Wadia, Perinaaz¹, Mahale, Smita¹, Iyer, K Sankarnarayana¹, Kholkute, Sanjeev¹, Nandedkar, Tarala¹, ¹ Institute for Research in Reproduction, Mumbai, IN
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93. HORMONAL AND FOLLICULAR RESPONSES ASSOCIATED WITH A NATURAL AND GnRH-INDUCED OVULATION IN HEIFERS. Haughian, James¹, Kot, K.², Ginther, O. J.², Wiltbank, Milo¹, ¹ Dept of Dairy Science, Madison, WI² Dept of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, Madison, WI
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94. IDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES IN DOMINANT AND SUBORDINANT BOVINE OVARIAN FOLLICLES. Sisco, Bridget^1,2, Hagemann, Lora¹, Pfeffer, Peter¹, ¹ AgResearch Ltd., Hamilton, New Zealand² The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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95. ANGIOPOIETIN AND Tie mRNA EXPRESSION IN DEVELOPING, MATURE AND ATRETIC FOLLICLES IN THE BOVINE OVARY. Hayashi, Ken-Go¹, Acosta, Tomas^1,3, Tetsuka, Masa¹, Hayashi, Misato¹, Berisha, Bajram², Schams, Dieter², Miyamoto, Akio¹, ¹ Dept of Animal Science, Obihiro, Japan³ Departamento de Fisiologia, San Lorenzo, Paraguay² Institute for Phisiology, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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96. DEXAMETHASONE INHIBITS RAT PREANTRAL OVARIAN FOLLICLE GROWTH. Li, P. Shirley¹, Yang, Jyuer-Ger², ¹ Department of Physiology, Tainan, TW² Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Tainan, TW
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97. EFFECT OF ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE ON PRIMORIDAL FOLLICLE ASSEMBLY AND EARLY PRIMORDIAL TO PRIMARY FOLLICLE TRANSITION IN THE NEONATAL RAT. Kezele, Phillip¹, Skinner, Michael¹, ¹ Center for Reproductive Biology, Pullman, WA
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98. EFFECT OF THE SPARC ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAT FOLLICLES IN VITRO. Shimonaka, Motoyuki¹, Uchiyama, Akiko¹, Kakizawa, Hisashi¹, Haga, Sachiko¹, ¹ Department of Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan
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