General Area of Research Interest:  The role of the oocyte in folliculogenesis in laboratory animals and humans.

Specific Research Areas and Related Publications:

Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein A (PAPP A):

• Rebar, R. W., Erickson, Gregory F. "Menstrual cycle and fertility", In Cecil Textbook of Medicine 21st Edition, eds. Lee Goldman, J. Claude Bennett, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia 2000 (pp 1327 1340)



• Hourvitz, A., Kuwahara, A., Hennebold, J.D., Tavares, A.B., Negishi, H., Lee T.H., Erickson, Gregory F., Adashi, E.Y. "The regulated expression of Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein A (PAPP A) in the rodent ovary: a proposed role in the development of dominant follicles and of corpora lutea", Endocrinology 143, 2002 (pp 1833 1844)



• Matsui, M., Sonntag, B., Hwang, S.S., Byerly, T., Hourvitz, A., Adashi, E.Y., Shimasaki, S. and Erickson, Gregory F. "Pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAPP A) production in rat granulosa cells: stimulation by follicle stimulating hormone and inhibition by the oocyte derived bone morphogenetic protein 15" Endocrinology (in press)

Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15:

• Shimasaki, S., Zachow, R. J., Li, D., Kim, H., Iemura, S I., Ueno, N., Sampath, K., Chang, R. J., and Erickson, Gregory F. "A functional bone morphogenetic protein system in the ovary", Proc Nat Acad Sci, 96, 1999 (pp 7282 7287)



• Erickson, Gregory F. "Role of growth factors in ovary organogenesis", J Soc Gynecol Investig, 8, 2001 (pp. S13 S16)



• Otsuka, F., Yao, Z., Lee, T.H., Yamamoto, S., Erickson, Gregory F., Shimasaki, S. "Bone morphogenetic protein 15: Identification of target cells and biological functions", J Biol Chem, 275, 2000 (pp 39523 39528)



• Otsuka, F., Yamamoto, S., Erickson, Gregory F., Shimasaki, S. "Bone morphogenetic protein 15 inhibits follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) action by suppressing FSH receptor expression", J Biol Chem, 276, 2001 (pp 11387 11392)

Growth Differentiation Factor 9 (GDF 9):

• Erickson, Gregory F. and Shimasaki, S. "The role of the oocyte in folliculogenesis", Trends Endocrinol Metab, 11, 2000 (pp 193 198)



• Lopes Teixeira Filho, F., Baracat, E.C., Lee, T.H., Suh, C.S., Matsui, M., Chang, R.J., Shimasaki, S., Erickson, Gregory F. "Aberrant expression of growth differentiation factor 9 in oocytes of women with polycystic ovary syndrome", J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87, 2002 (pp 1337 1344)



• Erickson, Gregory F., Shimasaki, S. "Physiology of folliculogenesis: the role of the oocyte", Fertil Steril 76, 2001 (pp. 943 949)



• Shimasaki, S., Moore, R. K., Otsuka, F. and Erickson, Gregory F. "The bone morphogenetic protein system in mammalian reproduction" Endocr Rev 25, 2004 (pp. 72 101)

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