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Jay M. Baltz

Jay M. Baltz

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
5039
World Ranking
19334
National Ranking
674

Overview

Jay M. Baltz is affiliated with the Ottawa Hospital in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas of medicine, with a focus on reproductive biology and related molecular processes. The main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with subfields in Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, and Immunology.

The research topics addressed by Baltz cover various aspects of reproductive biology and fertility, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genetic syndromes and imprinting, the reproductive system and pregnancy, folate and B vitamins research, prenatal screening and diagnostics, and renal and related cancers.

Some of Baltz's recent publications include:

  • Preimplantation embryo development, 2021, The biomedical & life sciences collection
  • Paternal MTHFR deficiency leads to hypomethylation of young retrotransposons and reproductive decline across two successive generations, 2021, Development
  • Initiation of cell volume regulation and unique cell volume regulatory mechanisms in mammalian oocytes and embryos, 2021, Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Oocyte-Specific Deletion of Slc6a9 Encoding the GLYT1 Glycine Transporter Eliminates Glycine Transport in Mouse Preimplantation Embryos and Their Ability to Counter Hypertonic Stress, 2023, Cells
  • l-Serine transport in growing and maturing mouse oocytes, 2020, Journal of Cellular Physiology

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Taylor McClatchie
  • Allison Tscherner
  • Jacquetta M. Trasler
  • Angus D. Macaulay
  • Chyna S. Ortman

Baltz's work has been published in multiple venues, with repeated publications in:

  • Biology of Reproduction
  • Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Development
  • Cells
  • Zygote

Best Publications

  • Metabolic regulation in mammalian sperm: mitochondrial volume determines sperm length and flagellar beat frequency.

    Richard A. Cardullo;Jay M. Baltz

  • Delay in oocyte aging in mice by the antioxidant N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC)

    Jinmiao Liu;Mengyuan Liu;Xiaoying Ye;Kai Liu

  • Dense fibers protect mammalian sperm against damage.

    J M Baltz;P O Williams;R A Cone

  • Organic osmolytes and embryos: substrates of the Gly and beta transport systems protect mouse zygotes against the effects of raised osmolarity.

    Kerri M. Dawson;Jay M. Baltz

  • Osmolarity-Dependent Glycine Accumulation Indicates a Role for Glycine as an Organic Osmolyte in Early Preimplantation Mouse Embryos

    Kerri M. Dawson;Jennifer L. Collins;Jay M. Baltz

  • Intracellular pH regulation in human preimplantation embryos

    Karen P. Phillips;Marie-Claude Léveillé;Paul Claman;Jay M. Baltz

  • Inhibition of MEK or cdc2 kinase parthenogenetically activates mouse eggs and yields the same phenotypes as Mos(-/-) parthenogenotes.

    Karen P. Phillips;Mary Ann F. Petrunewich;Jennifer L. Collins;Ronald A. Booth

  • Cell volume regulation in oocytes and early embryos: connecting physiology to successful culture media

    Jay M Baltz;Alina P Tartia

  • The glycine neurotransmitter transporter GLYT1 is an organic osmolyte transporter regulating cell volume in cleavage-stage embryos

    Candace L. Steeves;Mary-Anne Hammer;Glenn B. Walker;Duncan Rae

  • Mechanics of sperm-egg interaction at the zona pellucida

    J.M. Baltz;D.F. Katz;R.A. Cone

  • Bicarbonate/chloride exchange and intracellular pH throughout preimplantation mouse embryo development.

    Y. Zhao;J. M. Baltz

  • Expression and Function of Bicarbonate/Chloride Exchangers in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo

    Yuyuan Zhao;Patrick J-P. Chauvet;Seth L. Alper;Jay M. Baltz

  • Synaptotagmin VI and VIII and syntaxin 2 are essential for the mouse sperm acrosome reaction.

    Darren M. Hutt;Jay M. Baltz;Johnny K. Ngsee

  • Granulosa cells regulate intracellular pH of the murine growing oocyte via gap junctions: development of independent homeostasis during oocyte growth

    Greg FitzHarris;Jay M. Baltz

  • Cell volume regulation is initiated in mouse oocytes after ovulation.

    Alina P. Tartia;Nirmala Rudraraju;Tiffany Richards;Mary-Anne Hammer

  • Apparent absence of Na+H+ antiport activity in the two-cell mouse embryo

    Jay M. Baltz;John D. Biggers;Claude Lechene

  • Amino Acid Transport Mechanisms in Mouse Oocytes During Growth and Meiotic Maturation

    Amélie M.D. Pelland;Hannah E. Corbett;Jay M. Baltz

  • Similar Effects of Osmolarity, Glucose, and Phosphate on Cleavage past the 2-Cell Stage in Mouse Embryos from Outbred and F1 Hybrid Females

    Timin Hadi;Mary-Anne Hammer;Carolyn Algire;Tiffany Richards

  • Regulation of intracellular pH in hamster preimplantation embryos by the sodium hydrogen (Na+/H+) antiporter.

    Michelle Lane;Jay M. Baltz;Barry D. Bavister

  • Bicarbonate/Chloride Exchange Regulates Intracellular pH of Embryos but Not Oocytes of the Hamster

    Michelle Lane;Jay M. Baltz;Barry D. Bavister

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacquetta M. Trasler
Jacquetta M. Trasler McGill University Health Centre
John D. Biggers
John D. Biggers Harvard University
Claude Lechene
Claude Lechene Brigham and Women's Hospital
Seth L. Alper
Seth L. Alper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Lin Liu
Lin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michelle Lane
Michelle Lane University of Adelaide
Barry D. Bavister
Barry D. Bavister University of New Orleans
Gerald M. Kidder
Gerald M. Kidder University of Western Ontario
Bartha Maria Knoppers
Bartha Maria Knoppers McGill University Health Centre
Nicholas D. E. Greene
Nicholas D. E. Greene University College London

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