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James (Jay) C. Cross
 
Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
Health Sciences Centre Room 2279
3330 Hospital Drive, N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1 Canada
 
Tel: (403) 220-6876
Fax: (403) 270-0737
e-mail: 
 
 
Research Interests
  • Control of cell fate decision
  • Regulation of the cell cycle during cell differentiation
  • Tissue morphogenesis
Publications

1.         Wenzel P, Wu L, de Bruin A, Chong JL, Chen W, Dureska G, Sites E, Pan T, Sharma A, Huang K, Ridgway R, Mosaliganti K, Sharp R, Machiraju R, Saltz J, Yamamoto H, Cross JC, Robinson ML, Leone G (2007). Rb is critical in a mammalian tissue stem cell population. Genes and Development 21:85-97.
 
2.         Cross JC (2007). Lentiviruses to the placental rescue. Nature Biotechnology 25:190-191
 
3.         Simmons DG, Fortier AL, Cross JC (2007). Diverse subtypes and developmental origins of trophoblast giant cells in the mouse placenta. Developmental Biology 304:567–578
 
4.         Elmore CE, Wu X, Leclerc D, Watson ED, Bottiglieri T, Krupenko NI, Krupenko SA, Cross JC, Rozen R, Gravel RA, Matthews RG (2007).Metabolic derangement of methionine and folate metabolism in mice deficient in methionine synthase reductase. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 91:85–97
 
5.         Watson ED, Geary-Joo C, Hughes M, Cross JC (2007). The Mrj co-chaperone mediates keratin turnover and prevents formation of toxic inclusion bodies in trophoblast cells of the placenta. Development 134:1809-1817
 
6.         Morrish DW, Kudo Y, Caniggia I, Cross J, Evain-Brion D, Gasperowicz M, Kokozidou M, Leisser C, Takahashi K, Yoshimatsu J (2007). Growth factors and trophoblast differentiation - workshop report. Placenta 28 Suppl A:S121-124.
 
7.         Hesse M, Kondo CS, Clark RB, Su L, Allen FL, Geary-Joo CTM, Kunnathu S, Severson DL, Nygren A, Giles WR, Cross JC (2007). Dilated cardiomyopathy associated with reduced expression of the major cardiac sodium channel Scn5a. Cardiovascular Research 75:498-509
 
8.         PapadakiC, Alexiou M, Cecena G, Verykokaki M, Bilitou C, Cross JC, Kollia G, OshimaRG, Mavrothalassitis G (2007). The transcriptional repressor Erf determines extraembryonic ectoderm differentiation. Molecular and Cellular Biology 27:5201–5213
 
9.         Natale DR, Starovic M, Cross JC (2006). Phenotypic analysis of the mouse placenta. Methods in Molecular Medicine 121:275-293
 
10.      Cross JC (2006). Placental function in development and disease. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 18:71-76
 
11.      Huppertz B, Burton G, Cross JC, Kingdom JCP (2006). Placental morphology: From molecule to mother. Placenta 27 Suppl:3-8
 
12.      Bany B, Cross JC (2006). Post-implantation mouse conceptuses produce paracrine signals that regulate the uterine endometrium undergoing decidualization. Developmental Biology 294:445-56
 
13.      Cross JC, Mickelson L (2006). Nutritional influences on implantation and placental development. Nutrition Reviews 64:S12-8
 
14.      Cross JC, Nakano H, Natale DRC, Simmons DG, Watson ED (2006). Branching morphogenesis during development of placental villi. Differentiation 74:393-401

Research Funding

CIHR
·       “Biology of Trophoblast Giant Cells” 1995-2000, 2000-2005, 2005-2008
·       “Chorioallantoic Placental Development”, 2000-2003, 2003-2008
 
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