A complete list of publications is available in Pubmed.

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Berg MD, Braz CU, and Dean M (2024) Progesterone increases metabolism via the pentose phosphate pathway in bovine uterine epithelial cells. Mol Biol Reports. 51: 1076. PMID: 39425753

Berg MD and Dean M (2024) Membrane progesterone receptors mediate progesterone-stimulated glycogenolysis in the bovine uterine epithelium. Reproduction. 168: e240174. PMID: 39226129

Berg MD and Dean M (2024) The glycogenolytic enzyme acid α-glucosidase is expressed in the bovine uterine endometrium. Reprod Domest Anim. 56: e14643. PMID: 38877774

Chen Z and Dean M (2023) Endometrial glucose metabolism during early pregnancy. Reprod & Fertil. 4: e230016. PMID: 37934727 

Gonzalez A, Berg MD, Southey B, and Dean M (2022) Effect of estradiol and IGF1 on glycogen synthesis in bovine uterine epithelial cells. Reproduction. 164: 97-108. PMID: 35900330

Chen Z, Sandoval K, and Dean M (2022) Endometrial glycogen metabolism during early pregnancy in mice. Mol Reprod Dev. 89:431-440. PMID: 35842832

Russo A, Zizhao Y, Moyle-Heyrman G, Cain BP, Carrero AL, Isenberg BC, Dean M, Coppeta J, and Burdette JE (2022) Versican secreted by the ovary links ovulation and migration in fallopian tube derived serous cancer. Cancer Lett. 543: 215779. PMID: 35697329

Berg MD, Chen Z, and Dean M (2022) Establishment and characterization of epithelial and fibroblast cell lines from the bovine endometrium. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 58:8-13. PMID: 35064470

Dean M (2022) Chapter 13: Ex vivo ovarian culture to model the initial metastasis in ovarian cancer. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2424. Humana, New York, NY. PMID: 34918296

Sandoval K, Berg MD, Guadagnin AR, Cardoso FC, and Dean M (2021) Endometrial glycogen metabolism on days 1 and 11 of the reproductive cycle in dairy cows. Anim Repro Sci. 233:106827. PMID: 34450335

Russo A, Colina J, Baligod S, Moy J, Czarnecki A, Lantvit D, Dean M, and Burdette JE (2021) Silencing PTEN in the fallopian tube promotes enrichment of cancer stem cell-like function through loss of PAX2. Cell Death Dis. 12:375. PMID: 33828085

Ziv-Gal A, Berg MD, and Dean M (2021) Paraben exposure alters cell cycle progression and survival of spontaneously immortalized secretory murine oviductal epithelial (MOE) cells. Reprod Toxicol. 100: 7-16. PMID: 33358972

Bergsten TM, Burdette JE, and Dean M (2020) Fallopian tube initiation of high grade serous ovarian cancer and ovarian metastasis: Mechanisms and therapeutic implications. Cancer Lett. 476:152-160. PMID: 32067992

Dean M, Jin V, Bergsten TM, Austin JR, Lantvit DD, Russo A, and Burdette JE (2019) Loss of PTEN in the fallopian tube epithelium results in multicellular tumor spheroid formation and metastasis to the ovary. Cancers. 11:884. PMID: 31242614

Dean M. (2019). Glycogen in the uterus and fallopian tubes is an important source of glucose during early pregnancy. Biol Reprod. 101:297-305. PMID: 31201425
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Zink KE, Dean M, Burdette JE, and Sanchez LM. (2019) Capturing small molecule communication between tissues and cells using imaging mass spectrometry. J Vis Exp. 146:e59490. PMID: 31009015

Dean M, Jin V, Russo A, Lantvit DD, and Burdette JE. (2019) Exposure of the extracellular matrix and colonization of the ovary in metastasis of fallopian tube derived cancer. Carcinogenesis. 40:41-51. PMID: 30475985

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Zink KE, Dean M, Burdette JE, and Sanchez LM. (2018) Imaging mass spectrometry reveals crosstalk between the fallopian tube and the ovary that drive primary metastasis of ovarian cancer. ACS Cent Sci. 4: 1360-1370. PMID: 30410974
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Jeongho L^#, Dean M^#, Austin JR, Burdette JE, and Murphy BT. (2018) Irilone from red clover (Trifolium pratense) potentiates progesterone signaling. J Nat Prod. 81: 1962-1967. PMID: 30199256

Karthikeyan S, Russo A, Dean M, Lantvit DD, Endsley M, and Burdette JE. (2018) Prolactin signaling drives tumorigenesis in human high-grade serous ovarian cancer cells and in a spontaneous fallopian tube derived model. Cancer Letters. 433: 221-231. PMID: 29981811

Dean M, Austin J, Jinhong R, Johnson ME, Lantvit DD, and Burdette JE. (2018) The flavonoid apigenin is as a progesterone receptor modulator with in vivo activity in the uterus. Horm Cancer  9: 265–27. PMID: 29736565

Russo A, Czarnecki AA, Dean M, Modi DA, Lantvit DD, Seth Baligod S, Davis DA, Wei JJ and Burdette JE. (2018) PTEN loss in the fallopian tube induces hyperplasia and ovarian tumor formation. Oncogene. 37: 1976-1990. PMID: 29367766

Dean M and Rose J. (2018) Activation of the IGF1 receptor stimulates glycogen synthesis by mink uterine epithelial cells. Mol Reprod Dev. 85: 449-458. PMID: 29573521

Dean M, Davis DA, and Burdette JE. (2017) Activin A stimulates migration of the fallopian tube epithelium, an origin of high-grade serous ovarian cancer, through non-canonical signaling. Cancer Letters. 391: 114-124. PMID: 28115208

Dean M, Murphy BT, and Burdette JE. (2017) Phytosteroids beyond estrogens: regulators of reproductive and endocrine function in natural products. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 442: 98-105. PMID: 27986590

Modi DA, Tagare RD, Karthikeyan S, Russo A, Dean M, Davis DA, Lavtvit D, and Burdette JE. (2017) PAX2 function, regulation and targeting in fallopian tube-derived high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Oncogene. 36: 3014-3024. PMID: 27991925

Moyle-Heyrman G, Schipma MJ, Dean M, Davis DA, and Burdette JE. (2016) Genome-wide transcriptional regulation of estrogen receptor targets in fallopian tube cells and the role of selective estrogen receptor modulators. J Ovarian Res. 9: 5. PMID: 26879975

Dean M, Hunt J, McDougall L, and Rose J. (2014) Uterine glycogen metabolism in mink during estrus, embryonic diapause, and pregnancy. J Reprod Dev. 6: 438-446. PMID: 25225159

Holler TL, Dean M, Taylor T, Poole DH, Thonney ML, Thomas DL, Pate JL, Whitley N, Dailey RA, and Inskeep EK. (2014) Effects of service sire on prenatal mortality and prolificacy in ewes. J Anim Sci. 92: 3108-3115. PMID: 24778333

Dean M and Dailey RA. (2011) The ability of subordinate follicles of the second follicular wave to become dominant is lost by day 15 of the estrous cycle in cattle. Anim Reprod Sci. 126: 162-167. PMID: 21757303