Recent Manuscripts and Pre-Publication Manuscripts
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2) Espey, L.L., S. Yoshioka, D. Russell,
T. Ujioka, B. Vladu, M. Skelsey,
S. Fujii, H. Okamura, J.S. Richards (2000) Characterization of
ovarian carbonyl reductase gene expression during
ovulation in the gonadotropin-primed immature rat. Biol Reprod 62:390-397.
3) Robker, R.L., D.L. Russell, S. Yoshioka, S.C. Sharma, J.P. Lydon, B.W. O’Malley, L.L. Espey, J.S. Richards (2000)
Ovulation: a multi-gene, multi-step process. Steroids 65:559-570.
4) Espey, L.L., S. Yoshioka, D.L. Russell,
R.L. Robker, S. Fujii, J.S. Richards (2000)
Ovarian
expression of a disintegrin and metalloproteinase
with thrombospondin motifs during ovulation in the gonadotropin-primed immature rat. Biol Reprod 62:1090-1095.
5) Espey, L.L., T. Ujioka, D. Russell, M. Skelsey, B. Vladu, R.L. Robker, H. Okamura, J.S. Richards (2000) Induction of
early growth response protein-1 gene expression in the rat ovary in response to
an ovulatory dose of human chorionic gonadotropin. Endocrinology 141:2385-2391.
6) Robker, R.L., D.L. Russell, L.L. Espey, J.P. Lydon, B.W. O’Malley, J.S. Richards (2000)
Progesterone-regulated genes in the ovulation process: ADAMTS-1 and Cathepsin L proteases.
Proc Natl Acad
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7) Espey, L.L. (2001)
An overview of 37 years of research on
ovulation. In: Ovulation: Evolving Scientific and Clinical Concepts. (ed by Adashi, E. Y.)
8) Ujioka,
T., D.L. Russell, H. Okamura, J.S. Richards, L.L. Espey (2001) Expression of
regulator of G-protein signaling protein-2 gene in the rat ovary at the time of
ovulation. Biol Reprod 63:1513-1527.
9) Espey, L.L., S. Yoshioka, T. Ujioka,
10) Yoshioka, S., S. Ochsner,
D.L. Russell, T. Ujioka, S. Fujii, J.S. Richards, L.L. Espey (2001)
Expression of
tumor necrosis factor-stimulated gene-6 (TSG-6) in the rat ovary in response to
an ovulatory dose of gonadotropin. Endocrinology 141:4114-4119.
11) Richards, J.S., D.L. Russell, S. Ochsner, L. L. Espey (2002) Ovulation: New dimensions and new regulators of
the inflammatory-like response. Ann
Rev Physiol 64:02.1-02.24.
12) Yoshioka, S., S. Fujii, J.S. Richards, and L.L.
Espey (2002) Gonadotropin-induced expression of pancreatitis-associated
protein-III mRNA in the rat ovary at the time of ovulation. J Endocrinol 174:485-492.
13) Espey, L.L., J.S. Richards (2002) Temporal and
spatial patterns of ovarian gene transcription following an ovulatory
dose of gonadotropin in the rat. Biol Reprod 67:1662-1670.
14) Espey, L.L., T. Ujioka, H. Okamura,
J.S. Richards (2003) Metallothionein
messenger RNA transcription in steroid-secreting cells of the rat ovary during
the periovulatory period. Biol Reprod
68:1895-1902.
15) Espey, L.L. (2003) Presentation at the
International Conference on the Ovary 2003,
16) Espey, L.L., H. Okamura (2004) Presentation at the 36th
Annual Meeting of the Clinical Electron Microscopy Society of Japan, Kumamoto,
Japan, November 5, 2004.
17) Espey,
L.L. (2007) Tribute to Professor Shingo Fujii,
18) Espey, L.L. (2007) Presentation at the
International Conference on the Ovary 2007,
19) Espey, L.L., R. A. Garcia, H. Kondo, B. Ishizuka,
S. Yoshioka, S. Fujii, S. Hampton, J.S. Richards (2008)
Expression
of paralogs of cytochrome P45021a1
pseudogene (Cyp21a1-ps)
and endogenous retrovirus SC1 (SC1)
in the rat ovary during the ovulatory process. J. Endocrinol.
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