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104
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1256
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741

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

John J. Eppig is affiliated with the Jackson Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Medicine.

The scientist's subfields of study include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Research topics covered by John J. Eppig include:

  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Renal and related cancers

Their recent publication record includes a 2021 paper titled Challenges to making an egg published in Nature Cell Biology, authored by Richard M. Schultz as well. This paper has received citations validating its engagement within the scientific community.

Frequent publication venues for their work notably include:

  • Nature Cell Biology

Collaborations have been part of their research activities, with the frequent coauthor Richard M. Schultz.

John J. Eppig has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2011.

Best Publications

  • Development in vitro of mouse oocytes from primordial follicles.

    John J. Eppig;Marilyn J. O’Brien

  • Intercellular Communication in the Mammalian Ovary: Oocytes Carry the Conversation

    Martin M. Matzuk;Kathleen H. Burns;Maria M. Viveiros;John J. Eppig

  • Cyclin D2 is an FSH-responsive gene involved in gonadal cell proliferation and oncogenesis

    Piotr Sicinski;Joana Liu Donaher;Yan Geng;Susan B. Parker

  • A Revised Protocol for In Vitro Development of Mouse Oocytes from Primordial Follicles Dramatically Improves Their Developmental Competence

    Marilyn J. O'Brien;Janice K. Pendola;John J. Eppig

  • Capacity of mouse oocytes from preantral follicles to undergo embryogenesis and development to live young after growth, maturation, and fertilization in vitro.

    John J. Eppig;Allen C. Schroeder

  • Preimplantation development of mouse embryos in KSOM: augmentation by amino acids and analysis of gene expression.

    Yugong Ho;Karen Wigglesworth;John J. Eppig;Richard M. Schultz

  • Interactions between somatic cells and germ cells throughout mammalian oogenesis.

    Roberto Buccione;Allen C. Schroeder;John J. Eppig

  • The mammalian oocyte orchestrates the rate of ovarian follicular development

    John J. Eppig;Karen Wigglesworth;Frank L. Pendola

  • Granulosa cell ligand NPPC and its receptor NPR2 maintain meiotic arrest in mouse oocytes.

    Meijia Zhang;You-Qiang Su;Koji Sugiura;Guoliang Xia

  • Zygote arrest 1 (Zar1) is a novel maternal-effect gene critical for the oocyte-to-embryo transition.

    Xuemei Wu;Maria M. Viveiros;John J. Eppig;Yuchen Bai

  • FSH-induced expansion of the mouse cumulus oophorus in vitro is dependent upon a specific factor(s) secreted by the oocyte.

    Roberto Buccione;Barbara C. Vanderhyden;Philip J. Caron;John J. Eppig

  • Transcriptional activity of the mouse oocyte genome: companion granulosa cells modulate transcription and chromatin remodeling

    Rabindranath De La Fuente;John J. Eppig

  • Synergistic roles of BMP15 and GDF9 in the development and function of the oocyte-cumulus cell complex in mice: genetic evidence for an oocyte-granulosa cell regulatory loop.

    You-Qiang Su;Xuemei Wu;Marilyn J. O'Brien;Frank L. Pendola

  • Developmental pattern of the secretion of cumulus expansion-enabling factor by mouse oocytes and the role of oocytes in promoting granulosa cell differentiation.

    Barbara C. Vanderhyden;Philip J. Caron;Roberto Buccione;John J. Eppig

  • Oocyte regulation of metabolic cooperativity between mouse cumulus cells and oocytes: BMP15 and GDF9 control cholesterol biosynthesis in cumulus cells

    You-Qiang Su;Koji Sugiura;Karen Wigglesworth;Marilyn J. O'Brien

  • FSH stimulates hyaluronic acid synthesis by oocyte–cumulus cell complexes from mouse preovulatory follicles

    John J. Eppig

  • Initiation in vitro of growth of bovine primordial follicles.

    S A Wandji;V Srsen;A K Voss;J J Eppig

  • Intercellular Communication via Connexin43 Gap Junctions Is Required for Ovarian Folliculogenesis in the Mouse

    Cheryl L. Ackert;Joanne E.I. Gittens;Marilyn J. O'Brien;John J. Eppig

  • Roles of NPM2 in Chromatin and Nucleolar Organization in Oocytes and Embryos

    Kathleen H. Burns;Maria M. Viveiros;Yongsheng Ren;Pei Wang

  • Induction of maturation in cumulus cell-enclosed mouse oocytes by follicle-stimulating hormone and epidermal growth factor: evidence for a positive stimulus of somatic cell origin.

    Stephen M. Downs;Susan A. J. Daniel;John J. Eppig

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin M. Matzuk
Martin M. Matzuk Baylor College of Medicine
Mary Ann Handel
Mary Ann Handel The Jackson Laboratory
John C. Schimenti
John C. Schimenti Cornell University
Richard M. Schultz
Richard M. Schultz University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen H. Burns
Kathleen H. Burns Harvard University
Keith E. Latham
Keith E. Latham Michigan State University
Barbara B. Knowles
Barbara B. Knowles Jackson Laboratory
Doris Dahl
Doris Dahl Harvard University
Laurinda A. Jaffe
Laurinda A. Jaffe University of Connecticut Health Center

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