Reproductive tissue cancers - gene expression and regulation
Breast, prostate and colon cancer---role of PDZK1 and SR-BI
Genes in cholesterol transport and steroid hormone receptors
Oxidative stress in cancer and reproduction
BMP/BMP receptors/Smads pathway

Selected Publications

1. Kim JG, Vallet JL. 2007. Placental expression of the membrane form of folate binding protein during pregnancy in swine. Theriogenology. 67(7):1279-84.

2. Kim JG, Nonneman D, Vallet JL, Wise TH, RohrerGA. 2006. Sequence variation and evaluation of inhibin a-subunit (INHA) and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (STAR) for reproductive traits in swine. Animal Genetics. 37:424-425.

3. Kayser JP, Kim JG, Cerny RL, Vallet JL. 2006. Global characterization of porcine intrauterine proteins during early pregnancy. Reproduction. 131(2):379-88.

4. Kim JG, Nonneman D, Vallet JL, Rohrer GA,Christenson RK. 2005. Linkage mapping of the porcine chromogranin B (CHGB) gene to chromosome 1. Animal Genetics. 36(2):168.

5. Kim JG, Nonneman D, Vallet JL, Rohrer GA,Christenson RK. 2005. Linkage mapping of the porcine myelin basic protein (MBP) gene to chromosome 8. Animal Genetics. 36(2):163-4.

6. Kim JG, Rohrer GA, Vallet JL, Christenson RK, Nonneman D. 2004. Addition of fourteen anchored loci to the porcine chromosome 8 comparative map. Animal Genetics. 35(6):474-6.

7. Kim JG, Vallet JL. 2004. Secreted and placental membrane forms of folate binding protein occur sequentially during pregnancy in swine. Biology of Reproduction. 71(4):1214-9.

8. Kim JG, Vallet JL Nonneman D, Christenson RK. 2004. Molecular cloning and endometrial expression of porcine high density lipoprotein receptor SR-BI during the estrous cycle and early pregnancy. Molecular Cellular Endocrinology 222:105-112.

9. Kim JG, Vallet JL, Christenson RK. 2003. Molecular cloning and endometrial expression of porcine amphiregulin. Molecular Reproduction and Development 65:366-372.

10. Kim JG, Song JH, Vallet JL, Rohrer GA, Johnson GA, Joyce MM,RK Christenson. 2003. Molecular characterization of porcine bone morphogenetic protein receptor-1B. Biology of Reproduction 68(3):735-743.

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