Recent Publications

Strain-specific spontaneous activation during mouse oocyte maturation.Cheng Y, Zhong Z, Latham KE.
Fertil Steril. 2012 May 12.Click Here

Essential role of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases UCHL1 and UCHL3 in mammalian oocyte maturation.Mtango NR, Sutovsky M, Vandevoort CA, Latham KE, Sutovsky P.Click Here
J Cell Physiol. 2012 May;227(5):2022-9. doi: 10.1002/jcp.22931.
PMID: 21751213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Essential role of maternal UCHL1 and UCHL3 in fertilization and preimplantation embryo development.Mtango NR, Sutovsky M, Susor A, Zhong Z, Latham KE, Sutovsky P.Click Here
J Cell Physiol. 2012 Apr;227(4):1592-603. doi: 10.1002/jcp.22876.
PMID: 21678411

Primate preimplantation embryo is a target for relaxin during early pregnancy.Vandevoort CA, Mtango NR, Latham KE, Stewart DR.Click Here
Fertil Steril. 2011 Jul;96(1):203-7.

Extensive effects of in vitro oocyte maturation on rhesus monkey cumulus cell transcriptome.Lee YS, VandeVoort CA, Gaughan JP, Midic U, Obradovic Z, Latham KE.Click Here.
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jul;301(1):E196-209. Epub 2011 Apr 12.
PMID: 21487073

Oocyte spindle proteomics analysis leading to rescue of chromosome congression defects in cloned embryos. Han Z, Liang CG, Cheng Y, Duan X, Zhong Z, Potireddy S, Moncada C, Merali S, Latham KE. J Proteome Res. 2010 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20883044 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Click Here for more.

Nuclear transfer in mouse oocytes and embryos. Han Z, Cheng Y, Liang CG, Latham KE. Methods Enzymol. 2010;476:171-84. PMID: 20691866 [PubMed - in process] Click Here for more.

Positive and negative cis-regulatory elements directing postfertilization maternal mRNA translational control in mouse embryos. Potireddy S, Midic U, Liang CG, Obradovic Z, Latham KE. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2010 Oct;299(4):C818-27. Epub 2010 Jun 23. PMID: 20573994 [PubMed - in process] Click Here for more.

Early transcription from the maternal genome controlling blastomere integrity in mouse two-cell-stage embryos. Han Z, Mtango NR, Zhong Z, Vassena R, Latham KE. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2010 May;298(5):C1235-44. Epub 2010 Jan 27. PMID: 20107036 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Click Here for more.

Growth hormone and gene expression of in vitro-matured rhesus macaque oocytes. Nyholt de Prada JK, Kellam LD, Patel BG, Latham KE, Vandevoort CA. Mol Reprod Dev. 2010 Apr;77(4):353-62. PMID: 20043319 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Click Here for more.

Effects of ooplasm transfer on paternal genome function in mice. Liang CG, Han Z, Cheng Y, Zhong Z, Latham KE.
Hum Reprod. 2009 Nov;24(11):2718-28. Epub 2009 Aug 6. PMID: 19661122 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Click Here for more.

Differential effects of follistatin on nonhuman primate oocyte maturation and pre-implantation embryo development in vitro.
VandeVoort CA, Mtango NR, Lee YS, Smith GW, Latham KE. Biol Reprod. 2009 Dec;81(6):1139-46. Epub 2009 Jul 29. PMID: 19641179 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Click Here for more.

Role for cumulus cell-produced EGF-like ligands during primate oocyte maturation in vitro. Nyholt de Prada JK, Lee YS, Latham KE, Chaffin CL, VandeVoort CA. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2009 May;296(5):E1049-58. Epub 2009 Mar 10. PMID: 19276391 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Click Here for more.

Effects of ooplasm manipulation on DNA methylation and growth of progeny in mice. Cheng Y, Wang K, Kellam LD, Lee YS, Liang CG, Han Z, Mtango NR, Latham KE. Biol Reprod. 2009 Mar;80(3):464-72. Epub 2008 Dec 10.
PMID: 19073997 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Click Here for more.

Molecular control of mitochondrial function in developing rhesus monkey oocytes and preimplantation-stage embryos.
Mtango NR, Harvey AJ, Latham KE, Brenner CA. Reprod Fertil Dev. 2008;20(7):846-59. PMID: 18842187 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Click Here fore more.

Oocyte quality and maternal control of development. Mtango NR, Potireddy S, Latham KE. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol. 2008;268:223-90. Review. PMID: 18703408 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Click Here for more

Effects of in vitro maturation on gene expression in rhesus monkey oocytes. Lee YS, Latham KE, Vandevoort CA.
Physiol Genomics. 2008 Oct 8;35(2):145-58. Epub 2008 Aug 12. PMID: 18697858 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Click Here for more information.

Gene expression profiles of single human mature oocytes in relation to age. Grøndahl ML, Yding Andersen C, Bogstad J, Nielsen FC, Meinertz H, Borup R. Hum Reprod. 2010 Apr;25(4):957-68. Epub 2010 Feb 10. Click Here

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