THE EFFECT OF DIETARY RESTRICTION AND EXOGENOUS STEROID TREATMENT ON INTRAFOLLICULAR IGF-I, IGFBP, AND EXPRESSION OF THE TYPE-I IGF RECEPTOR IN BOVINE GRANULOSA CELLS.
Author(s): Canty, Mary^{1, 2}, Austin, Edward¹, Boland, Maurice^{2, 3}, Crowe, Mark^{1, 3}, ¹ University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland² University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland³ University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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CELLULAR EXPRESSION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2 (VEGFR-2) INDICATES POTENTIAL NON-ANGIOGENIC ROLES FOR VEGFR-2 IN SPERMATOGENESIS AND OVULATION IN VEGFR-2 LACZ MICE.
Author(s): Clopton, Debra ¹, Bott, Rebecca¹, McFee, Ryann¹, Cupp, Andrea¹, ¹ University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

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REGULATION OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1 (FGFR-1) PATHWAY BY ADAPTOR PROTEINS IN THE INITIAL SEGMENT OF THE RAT EPIDIDYMIS.
Author(s): Crenshaw, Sallie ¹, Yang, Ling¹, Lye, R. John¹, Hinton, Barry¹, ¹ University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA

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THE EFFECTS OF EXOGENOUS STEROID TREATMENT AND DIETARY RESTRICTION ON FOLLICULAR FLUID INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN-4 AND PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A.
Author(s): Crowe, Mark ^{1, 3}, Canty, Mary^{1, 2}, Austin, Edward¹, Boland, Maurice^{2, 3}, ¹ University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland³ University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland² University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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HIERARCHY OF HORMONAL AND GROWTH FACTOR SIGNALING DURING MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT OF NORMAL AND BRCA1-DEFICIENT MICE.
Author(s): Jones, Laundette ¹, Shen, Patrick¹, Parrish, Angela¹, Johnson, Michael¹, Furth, Priscilla¹, ¹ Lombardi Cancer Center, Washington, DC

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DEVELOPMENT OF BOVINE IN VITRO-PRODUCED EMBRYOS AFTER OOCYTE MATURATION WITH RECOMBINANT GONADOTROPINS AND IGF-I IN CHEMICALLY DEFINED CONDITIONS.
Author(s): Martins, Jr., Alicio¹, Calegari, Renata¹, Paschoal, Daniela¹, Koivisto, Marion¹, Ferro, Aline¹, ¹ Department of Clinical Surgery and Animal Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo State, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil

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PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION IN CATTLE PLACENTA UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF VEGF AND bFGF IN VITRO.
Author(s): Campos, Danila¹, Artoni, Laura¹, Teixeira, Andrey³, Kfoury Jr, José Roberto¹, Miglino, Maria Angélica¹, Birgel Jr, Eduardo², Buratini Jr, José³, Machado, Ubiratan⁴, Papa, Paula ¹, ¹ Surgery Dept, Veterinary Medicine School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil³ Dept. of Physiology, IB-UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil² Dept. of Large Animals Clinic, Veterinary Medicine School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil⁴ Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-1 (TGF-1) INHIBITS PLACENTAL AROMATASE GENE TRANSCRIPTION VIA THE SMAD PATHWAY.
Author(s): Zhou, Hong¹, Yu, Hui¹, Zhong, Yu¹, Peng, Chun¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Toronto, ON, Canada

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KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR (KGF) REGULATES ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA (ER-) EXPRESSION VIA THE PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE/Akt PATHWAY IN HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS.
Author(s): Chang, Hsiang-Lin¹, Sugimoto, Yasuro^{1, 2}, Park, Kah-Young¹, Ye, Weiping¹, Wang, Li-Su¹, Huang, Yi-Wen¹, Su, Sherry¹, Lin, Young C.^{1, 2}, ¹ Lab. Reproductive & Molecular Endocrinology, Columbus, OH² The OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH

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EXPRESSION OF ANGIOGENIC FACTORS IN OVINE LUTEAL PERICYTES EXPOSED TO NITRIC OXIDE.
Author(s): Beckman, Joan¹, Reynolds, Larry^{1, 2}, Grazul-Bilska, Anna^{1, 2}, Kirsch, James¹, Kraft, Kim¹, Johnson, Mary Lynn^{1, 2}, Redmer, Dale ^{1, 2}, ¹ North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND² Cell Biology Center, Fargo, ND

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EGF-MEDIATED EPITHELIO-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION OF HUMAN OVARIAN SURFACE EPITHELIUM.
Author(s): Salamanca, Clara¹, Maines-Bandiera, Sarah¹, Leung, Peter¹, Auersperg, Nelly¹, ¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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DIFFERENTIAL BINDING AND NEUTRALIZATION OF TGF FAMILY LIGANDS BY FOLLISTATIN ISOFORMS.
Author(s): Sidis, Yisrael¹, Mukherjee, Abir¹, Schneyer, Alan¹, ¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

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REGULATION OF ACTIVIN SIGNALING BY VITAMIN A, FOLLISTATIN & FOLLISTATIN-LIKE PROTEIN.
Author(s): Garland, Alaina¹, O'Brien, Deborah^{1, 2}, Tsuruta, James¹, ¹ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC² University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

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EXPRESSION AND LOCALIZATION OF SMAD1, SMAD2, AND SMAD4 PROTEINS IN RAT TESTIS DURING POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT.
Author(s): Zhang, Yuan-Qiang¹, Hu, Jing¹, Liu, Xin-Ping¹, Jin, Yan ¹, Xu, Ruo-Jun², ¹ The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China² University of Hong Kong, HongKong, China

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