Obstetrics & Gynecology

Misung Jo, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Selected Publications

1.       Zhang T, Choy M, Jo M,  Roberson MS (2001)  Structural organization of the rat mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 2 gene. Gene  25: 273 (1) 71-79.

2.       Jo M and Fortune JE  (2002)  Oxytocin inhibits LH-stimulated production of androstenedione by bovine theca cells.  Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology   1;88 (1-2) 151-159.

3.       Jo M, Komar CK and Fortune JE  (2002)  The gonadotropin surge upregulates the expression of progesterone receptor in bovine periovulatory follicles.  Biology of Reproduction  67(6):1981-1988.

4.       Jo M and Fortune JE  (2003)  The effects of the gonadotropin surge on oxytocin and oxytocin receptor expression in bovine preovulatory follicles   Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology  28;200(1-2):31-43. 

5.       Jo M, Thomas LE, Wheeler SE, Curry TE Jr.  (2004)  Membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-associated MMP-2 activation increases in the rat ovary in response to an ovulatory dose of human chorionic gonadotropin. Biology of Reproduction 70(4):1024-32     

6.       Jo, M and Curry TE Jr. (2004)   Regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-19 messenger RNA expression in the rat ovary.  Biology of Reproduction 71(6):1796-806.

7.       Jo M, Gieske MC, Payne CE, Wheeler-Price SE, Gieske JB, Ignatius IV, Curry TE Jr, Ko C. (2004) Development and Application of a Rat Ovarian Gene Expression Database (rOGED). Endocrinology 145(11):5384-96  

8.       Gieske MC, Na GY, Lee EJ, Charles E. Payne, Jo M, Curry TE, Jr,  Ko C. (2005) Ovulation as an inflammatory reaction: Protection of ovarian tissue from damage. Journal of Endocrinology 186:303-313.

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