Research and Development
Abstracts at Scientific Meetings

  1. Session DR, Kalli KR, Svingen PA, Dumesic DA. Regulation of cyclin E by estradiol and insulin-like growth factor-I in the Ishikawa endometrial cancer cell line. 50th Annual Meeting of the Society For Gynecologic Investigation, Washington DC, March 27-30, 2003, Abstract 65.

  2. Abbott DH, Bruns CM, Barnett DK, Zhou R, Colman RJ, Kemnitz JW, Padmanabhan V, Goodfriend TL, Dumesic DA. Metabolic and reproductive consequences of prenatal androgen exposure. Basic science/clinical/translational symposium. 85rd Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, Philadelphia, PA, June 19-22, 2002, Symposium S34-1.

  3. Phy JL, Conover CA, Kalli KR, Thornhill AR, Walker DL, Abbott DH, Dumesic DA. Insulin Receptor Isoform Expression in Mural Granulosa and Cumulus Cells From Human Ovarian Follicles. 85rd Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, Philadelphia, PA, June 19-22, 2002, Abstract P3-39.

  4. Zhou R, Turk JM, Hable KW, Padmanabhan V, Dumesic DA, Abbott DH. Luteal Phase Defects in Prenatally Androgenized Female Rhesus Monkeys. 85rd Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, Philadelphia, PA, June 19-22, 2002, Abstract P3-16.

  5. Phy JL, Abbott DH, Session DR, Thornhill AR, Tummon IS, Dumesic DA. Insulin concentrations in follicles of normal women undergoing in vitro fertilization positively correlate with adiposity. 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 11-15,2003, Abstract P-499.

  6. Foong SC, Abbott DH, Lesnick TG, Session DR, Walker DL, Dumesic DA. Positive association between reduced ovarian responsiveness to recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone therapy for in vitro fertilization and diminished intrafollicular testosterone and estradiol levels. 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 11-15,2003, Abstract P-496.

  7. Walker DL, Hammitt DG, Session DR, Tummon IS, Dumesic DA, Thornhill AR. Randomized comparison of murine blastocyst cryopreservation methods. 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 11-15,2003, Abstract O-165.

  8. Phy JL, Conover CA, Kalli KR, Thornhill AR, Walker DL, Abbott DH, Dumesic DA. Insulin Receptor Isoform Expression in Mural Granulosa and Cumulus Cells From Human Ovarian Follicles. Endocrine-Reproductive Physiology Annual Research Symposium, Madison, WI, October 17, 2003, Abstract 17.

  9. Zhou R, Turk JM, Hable KW, Padmanabhan V, Dumesic DA, Abbott DH. Luteal Phase Defects in Prenatally Androgenized Female Rhesus Monkeys. Endocrine-Reproductive Physiology Annual Research Symposium, Madison, WI, October 17, 2003, Abstract 19.

  10. Foong SC, Abbott DH, Lesnick TG, Session DR, Walker DL, Dumesic DA. Positive association between reduced ovarian responsiveness to recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone therapy for in vitro fertilization and diminished intrafollicular testosterone and estradiol levels. Endocrine-Reproductive Physiology Annual Research Symposium, Madison, WI, October 17, 2003, Abstract 31.

  11. Abbott DH, Eisner JR, Goodfriend T, Medley RD, Peterson EJ, Colman RJ, Kemnitz JW, Dumesic DA. Leptin and total free fatty acids are elevated in the circulation of prenatally androgenized female rhesus monkeys. Endocrine-Reproductive Physiology Annual Research Symposium, Madison, WI, October 17, 2003, Abstract 33.

  12. Session DR, Hemkumar S, Phy JL, Lesnick TG, Dumesic DA. Intra-observer and inter-observer variability in antral follicle number with three-dimensional ultrasound. 51thAnnual Meeting of the Society For Gynecologic Investigation, Houston TX, March 25, 2004, Abstract 195.

  13. Abbott DH, Zhou R, Barnett DK, Bruns CM, Bird IM, Kemnitz JW, Turk JM and Dumesic DA. 2004. Fetal androgen excess programs for polycystic ovary syndrome. Reproduction Abstract Series 31, Abstract #S6, p.5. Symposium: “Emerging Concepts in Reproductive Endocrinology”. Joint European Conference in Reproduction and Fertility (incorporating the SRF Annual Conference for 2004), Ghent, Belgium, April 5-7, 2004.

  14. Abbott DH, Zhou R, Bruns CM, Bird IM, Kemnitz JW, Turk JM, Dumesic DA. Pioglitazone normalizes menstrual duration and improves insulin sensitivity in a nonhuman primate model for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). 86th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, New Orleans, LA, June 16-19, 2004, Abstract OR14-3.

  15. Walker DL, Gardner DK, Lane M, Tummon IS, Dumesic DA, Session DR, Thornhill AR. 2004. Cryosystem assessment by glucose uptake of blastocysts. Human Reproduction 19 Supp. 1, O-254, 88-9.

  16. Thornhill AR, Wentworth MA, Dumesic DA, Tummon IS, Session DR. 2004. Sustained IVF success while reducing high order multiples. Human Reproduction 19 Supp. 1, P-307, 107.

  17. Walker DL, Hammitt DG, Session DR, Tummon IS, Dumesic DA, Thornhill AR. Blastocyst cryopreservation: a comparison of programmable rate freezing and vitrification. American Association of Bioanalysts, 2004 Conference and CRB 8th Annual Symposium. Poster Session.

  18. Foong SC, Phy JL, Walker DL, Abbott DH, Session DR, Dumesic DA. Aberrant intrafollicular steroidogenesis from theca cell hyperfunction in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients receiving gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analog/ recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (rhFSH) therapy for in vitro fertilization. 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 16-20, 2004, Abstract O-219.

  19. Shu C. Foong, Michael A. Zschunke, David L. Walker, Wilma L. Lingle, David H. Abbott, Daniel A. Dumesic. Intrafollicular Estradiol (E2) Downregulates Estrogen Receptor (ER)- Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) In Cumulus Cells (CC) Of Women Undergoing Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Analog/Recombinant Human Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (rhFSH) Therapy For In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 16-20, 2004, Abstract O-225.

  20. Allemand MC, Phy JL, Foong SC, Tummon IS, Dumesic DA, Session DR. Morphological Criteria for the diagnosis of polycystic ovarian syndrome by 3-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound. 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 16-20, 2004, Abstract P-466.

  21. Bruns CM, Colman RJ, Dumesic DA, Eisner JR, Jensen MD, Abbott DA. Altered body composition in prenatally androgenized female rhesus monkeys. Endocrine-Reproductive Physiology Annual Research Symposium, Madison, WI, October, 2004.

  22. Foong SC, Phy JL, Jensen MD, Dumesic DA. Changes in ovarian morphology and steroidogenesis associated with weight reduction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, November 24-27, 2004, Jasper, Alberta, CA.

  23. Grant CS, Hartmann LC, Suman V, Dumesic DA, Ingle J, Wickerham DL, Gelber R, Perez EA. Menstrual cycle and surgical treatment of breast cancer. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 8-11, 2004, San Antonio, Tx.

  24. Wood JR, Dumesic DA, Abbott DH, Walker DL, Strauss JF III. Distinct differences in gene expression in polycystic ovary syndrome oocytes. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, March 23-26, 2005, Los Angeles, CA. Abstract O-281.

  25. Abbott DH, Bruns CM, Barnett DK, Sladky KK, Zhou R, Colman RJ, Goodfriend TL, Dumesic DA. Fetal androgen excess programs for insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and increased adiposity in female rhesus monkeys. IUPS Satellite Symposium: the prenatal environment, programming and postnatal consequences, March , 2005, Los Angeles, CA.

  26. Bruns CM, Colman RJ, Dumesic DA, Eisner JR, Jensen MD, Abbott DH. Prenatal androgen excess negatively impacts body fat distribution in a nonhuman primate model of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). 87th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, San Diego, CA, June 4-7, 2005, Abstract P1-187.

  27. Abbott DH, Dobbert M, Levine JE, Dumesic DA, Tarantal AF. Androgen excess induces fetal programming of LH hypersecretion in a female rhesus monkey model for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). 87th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, San Diego, CA, June 4-7, 2005, Abstract OR28-2.