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P-46 GnRH ALTERS PITUITARY ADIPONECTIN EXPRESSION
VIA THE PKA AND CALCIUM PATHWAYS.
J. Kim, W. Zheng, C. Grafer, L. Halvorson. Department of Ob/Gyn,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
P-47 INTER-ASSAY VARIABILITY OF PROGESTERONE
IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE
TECHNOLOGY (ART).
K. A. K. Maas 2 , K.-H. D. Nguyen 1 , D. I. Spratt 2 , A. S. Penzias 1,3 .
1 Obstetrics and Gynecology- Reproductive Endocrinology and
Infertility, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA;
2 Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME;
1 Boston IVF, Waltham, MA.
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OBESITY AND METABOLISM
P-48 BMI LIMITS IN PROVIDING FERTILITY SERVICES: A
SURVEY OF REI FELLOWSHIP DIRECTORS TO ASSESS PEER
INSTITUTIONAL PROTOCOLS.
K. M. Lyerly, J. P. Parry, D. I. Lebovic. Reproductive Endocrinology
and Infertility, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Middleton, WI.
P-49 WEIGHT MATTERS: KNOWLEDGE OF THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN OBESITY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES
AMONGST INFERTILITY PATIENTS.
E. R. Cardozo 1 , M. Brocks 1 , G. Ekpo 1 , L. M. Neff 2 , R. B. Barnes 1 , E.
E. Marsh 1 . 1 Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; 2 Medicine-Endocrinology,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
P-50 EFFECT OF MALE OBESITY ON SEMEN PARAMETERS,
DNA FRAGMENTATION, REPRODUCTIVE HORMONE LEVELS
AND METABOLIC PARAMETERS.
V. Sar-Shalom, E. Rosemberg, M. T. Olivieri, S. Bronfenmajer.
Obstetrics and Ginecology, Embrios, Caracas, Distrito Capital,
Venezuela.
P-51 REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONING IN EXTREMELY OBESE
WOMEN WITH WEIGHT LOSS: TWELVE MONTH FOLLOW UP
AFTER SURGICAL VERSUS NON-SURGICAL INTERVENTION.
L. A. Kondapalli 1 , K. C. Allison 2 , D. B. Sarwer 2 , J. C. Spitzer 2 , A. Dokras 1 ,
S. F. Butts 1 . 1 Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2 Center for Weight and Eating
Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA.
P-52 DECREASED RESPONSE TO CONTROLLED OVARIAN
STIMULATION IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH BODY MASS INDEX IS
NOT RELATED TO OOCYTE MORPHOLOGICAL STATUS.
D. P. A. F. Braga 1,2 , A. S. Setti 2 , R. C. Ferreira 1 , R. C. S. Figueira 1 , A.
Iaconelli, Jr. 1 , E. Borges Jr. 1,2 . 1 Fertility - Assisted Fertilization Center,
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2 Sapientiae Institute - Educational and
Research Center in Assisted Reproduction, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
P-53 DOES BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) AFFECT IVF
OUTCOMES?
K. Parker, B. Wong, B. Link, P. Przybylski, S. Foong, J. Fleetham.
Regional Fertility Program, Calgary, AB, Canada.
P-54 LONG TERM ESTRADIOL TREATMENT IMPROVES
REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS IN LEPTIN DEFICIENT FEMALE
MICE.
J. Luk 1 , T. Horvath 1,2 , J. Johnson 1 . 1 Obstetrics and Gynecology and
Reproductive Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT; 2 Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT.
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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OVARIAN FUNCTION
P-55 INTERVENTION OF CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED
OVARIAN FAILURE/INFERTILITY USING DIPLOID CELL THERAPY.
A. E. Archibong1 , C. Sharan1 , A. Al-Hendy1 . 1Physiology, Meharry
Medical College, Nashville, TN; 2Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN; 3Center for Women Health
Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN.
P-56 IS AFC A BETTER MARKER THAN AMH AND FSH
IN PREDICTING THE NUMBER OF OOCYTES RETRIEVED IN
WOMEN UNDERGOING OVARIAN STIMULATION FOR IN VITRO
FERTILIZATION?
K. D. Nayar, P. Gupta, P. Dahiya, S. Ved, G. Kant. Akanksha IVF
Centre, Mata Chanan Devi Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
P-57 LIPID FINGERPRINTING ANALYSIS OF FOLICULAR
FLUID AND OUTCOME PREDICTION IN CONTROLLED OVARIAN
STIMULATION CYCLES.
SD. A. Montani 1 , M. Camargo 1 , A. B. Victorino 1 , E. J. Pilau 2 , R. P.
Bertolla 1 , E. G. Lo Turco 1 . 1 Department of Surgery, Division of Urology,
Human Reproduction Section, Sao Paulo Federal University,
Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2 Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas,
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
P-58 AN ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OOCYTE
QUALITY AND SERUM ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE (AMH)
LEVELS STRATIFIED BY AGE IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES (ART).
S. Ogata, H. Ogata, N. Kataoka, S. Kokeguchi, M. Shiotani.
Hanabusa Women’s Clinic, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
P-59 ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION
DURING MOUSE FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
R. M. Anchan 1 , J. L. Eaton 3 , S. T. Lipskind 1 , A. Kiezun 2 , D. J. O Connell 2 ,
B. Gerami-Naini 2 . 1 Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 2 Division of Genetics,
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA; 3 Reproductive Endocrinology and
Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern
University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
P-60 IMMUNIZATION OF MICE WITH DOMINANT OVARIAN
AUTOANTIGENS RESULTS IN OVARIAN PATHOLOGY LEADING
TO REDUCED FERTILITY.
V. V. Khole, P. Mande. Gamete Immunobiology, NIRRH, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India; Gamete Immunobiology, NIRRH, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India.
P-61 MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN
COMPLEX 1 (mTORC1) SIGNALING PATHWAY CONTROLS
STEROIDOGENESIS IN HUMAN GRANULOSA CELLS.
M. B. Moravek, H. Peegel, M. Will, K. M. J. Menon. Obstetrics and
Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
P-62 Smad7 IS A KEY MODULATOR OF GROWTH FACTOR
SIGNALING IN GRANULOSA CELLS.
E. McGee, M. Quezada, J. Wang. Ob/Gyn and Insititute of Womens
Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
P-63 BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS (BMP)-2 AND -6
ARE POTENTIAL TARGETS OF GABA-A RECEPTOR ACTIVATION
IN HUMAN LUTEINIZED GRANULOSA CELLS (GC).
L. Danzy, L. Hou, T. M. Yalcinkaya. Dept of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
P-64 EFFECT OF PACLITAXEL ON MURINE OVARIAN
FOLLICLES IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) ALGINATE FOLLICLE
CULTURE SYSTEM: AN IN VITRO STUDY.
D. F. Harp 1,2 , I. Chowdhury 1,2 , R. P. Matthews 1 , W. E. Thompson 1,2 .
1 Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine,
Atlanta, GA; 2 Cooperative Reproductive Science Research Center,
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
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