Obstetrics & Gynecology

Thomas E. Curry, Jr., PhD Professor and Vice Chair, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

More information on The Curry Laboratory.

Selected Publications

1. Gieske MC, Na GY, Koo Y, Jo M, Curry TE Jr., Ko C (2005) Decay-accelerating factor in the periovulatory rat ovary. Endocrinology 186(2):303-313.
2. Smedts AM and Curry TE Jr. (2005) Expression of basigin, an inducer of matrix metalloproteinases, in the rat ovary. Biol Reprod 73(1):80-87.
3. Jo M and Curry TE Jr. (2004) Regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-19 messenger RNA expression in the rat ovary. Biol Reprod 71(6):1796-1806.
4. 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):5384-5396.
5. Jo M, Thomas LE, Wheeler SE, Curry Jr TE (2003) 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. Biol Reprod 70:1024-1032.
6. Komar CM and Curry Biol Reprod Epub July 30TE Jr (2003) Inverse relationship between the expression of messenger ribonucleic acid for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and P450 side chain cleavage in the rat ovary. Biol Reprod 69:549-555.
7. Curry TE Jr and Osteen KG (2003) The matrix metalloproteinase system: Changes, regulation, and impact throughout the ovarian and uterine reproductive cycle. Endocr Rev 24(4):428-465.
8. Simpson KS, Komar CM, Curry TE Jr. (2003) Localization and expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-4 in the immature gonadotropin-stimulated and adult rat ovary. Biol Reprod 68:214-221.
9. Curry TE Jr. and Wheeler SE (2002) Cellular localizaton of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in the rat ovary throughout pseudopregnancy. Biol Reprod 67:1943-1951.
10. Komar, CM and Curry TE (2002) Localization and expression of messenger RNAs for the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in ovarian tissue from naturally cycling and pseudopregnant rats. Biol Reprod 66:1531-1539.
11. Komar, CM, Braissant, O, Wahli, W, and Curry Jr., TE (2001) Expression and localization of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in the rat ovary during follicular development and the periovulatory period. Endocrinology 142(11) 4831-4838.
12. Curry TE Jr., Song L, Wheeler SE (2001) Cellular localization of gelatinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases during follicular growth, ovulation and early luteal formation in the rat. Biol Reprod 65:855-865.
13. Simpson KS, Byers MJ, Curry TE Jr. (2001) Spatiotemporal mRNA expression of the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in the ovary throughout the rat estrous cycle. Endocrinology 142:2058-2069.
14. Curry TE Jr, Osteen KG (2001) Cyclic changes in the matrix metalloproteinase system in the ovary and uterus. Biol Reprod 64:1285-1296.
15. Komar CM, Matousek M, Mitsube K, Mikuni M, Brannstrom M, Curry TE Jr. (2001) Effects of genistein on the periovulatory expression of messenger ribonucleic acid for matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in the rat ovary. Reproduction 121:259-265.
16. Curry TE Jr, Komar CM, Burns PD, Nothnick, WB. (2000) Periovulatory changes in ovarian metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) following indomethacin treatment. Adashi, E. Y. Ovulation: Evolving Scientific and Clinical Concepts. Springer Verlag, New York, pg 265-276.
17. Curry TE Jr., Nothnick WB (2000) Changes in ovarian TIMP expression during follicular growth, ovulation, and the luteal period in the rat. Proceedings of Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases in Development and Disease, Banff, Alberta, pg 119-126.
18. Cooke RG, Nothnick WB, Komar CM, Burns PD, Curry TE Jr. (1999) Collagenase and gelatinase mRNA expression and activity during follicular development in the rat ovary. Biol Reprod 61:1309-1316.

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