Roberts RM, Telugu PVL, Ezashi T. (2009) Induced pluripotent stem cells from swine Sus scrofa. Cell Cycle: Extra View. 8:19 PMID 19738434
Tanasijevic B, Dai B., Ezashi T, Livingston K, Roberts RM. (2009) Progressive accumulation of epigenetic heterogeneity during human ES cell culture. Epigenetics. July 15; 4(5) PMID19571681
Roberts RM, Smith GW, Bazer EW, Cibelli J, Seidel Jr GE., Bauman DE., Reynolds LP and Ireland JJ. (2009) Farm Animal Research in Crisis. Policy Forum. Science April 24. PMID 19390030
Ezashi T, Telugu B, Alexenko A, Shrikesh S, Sinha S, Roberts RM (2009) Derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig somatic cells. PNAS 106(27):10993-8. PMID 19541600
Walker A, Roberts RM. (2009) Characterization of the bovine type I IFN Locus: Rearrangements, expansions, and novel subfamilies. BMC Genomics 10: 187. PMID 19393062 PMC2680415
Walker A, Kimura K, Roberts RM. (2009) Expression of bovine interferon-tau variants according to sex and age of conceptuses. Theriogenology 72: 44-53 PMID19324401 PMC2692756
Egen TE, Ealy AD, Landon LA, Roberts RM, Green JA (2009) Autoimmunization of ewes against pregnancy-associated glycoproteins does not interfere with the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Animal. 3:6, pp 850-857. Doi: 10.1017/S1751731109004145.
Schulz LC, Widmaier EP, Qiu J, Roberts RM (2009) Effect of leptin on mouse trophoblast giant cells. Biol Reprod. 80: 415-24. PMID19038858
Westfall SD, Sachdev S, Das P, Hearne LB, Hannink M, Roberts RM, Ezashi T. (2008) Identification of oxygen sensitive transcriptional programs in human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells Dev. 5:869-81. PMID 18811242
Ghosh D, Srivastava GP, Xu D, Schulz L, Roberts RM. (2008) A link between SIN1 (MAPKAP1) and poly (rC) binding protein 2 (PCBP2) in counteracting environmental stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA Aug25; 10(4): R72 PMID 18724867 PMC2503925
Ireland JJ, Roberts RM, Palmer GH, Bauman DE, Bazer FW. (2008) A commentary on domestic animals as dual-purpose models that benefit agricultural and biomedical research. J Anim Sci Jun 20 86:2445-6. PMID 18567718
Green MP, Spate LD, Parks TE, Kimura K., Murphy CN, WIlliams JE, Kerley MS., Green JA, Keisler DH, Roberts RM. (2008) Nutritional skewing of conceptus sex in sheep: effects of maternal diet enriched in rumen-protected polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). Reprod Biol Endocrinol, 9;6:21. PMID 18541015 PMC2432061
Ezashi T, Das P, Gupta R, Walker A, Roberts RM. (2008) The role of homebox protein distal-less3 and its interaction with Ets2 in regulating interferon-tau gene expression-synergistic transcriptional activation with Ets2. Biol Reprod. 79: 115-24. PMID 18322277
Das P, Ezashi T, Schulz LC, Westfall SD, Livingston KA, Roberts RM. (2008) Effects of FGF2 and oxygen in BMP4-driven differentiation of trophoblast from human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Research. 1:1 61-74. PMID 19194525 PMC2634289
Roberts RM, Chen Y., Ezashi T & Walker A. (2008) Interferons and the maternal-conceptus dialog in mammals. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 19:170-7. PMID 198032074 PMC2278044
Schulz L, Ezashi T, Das P, Westfall SD, Livingston KA, Roberts RM. (2008) Human embryonic stem cells as models for trophoblast differentiation. Placenta 29 Suppl A, Trophoblast Research. 22:S10-S16 PMID 18054384 PMC2330081
Das P, Ezashi T, Gupta R, Roberts RM.(2008) Combinatorial roles of protein kinase A, Ets2 and CBP/p300 in the transcriptional control of interferon-tau expression in a trophoblast cell line. Mol Endocrinol. 22:331-43 PMID 17975022
Fountain ED, Mao J, Whyte JJ, Mueller KE, Ellersieck MR, Will MR, Roberts, RM, MacDonald R, Rosenfeld CS. (2008) Effects of diets enriched in omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids on offspring sex-ratio and maternal behavior in mice. Biol of Reprod. 78, 211-217. PMID 17928632
Roberts RM. (2007) Interferon-Tau, a Type 1 Interferon involved in maternal recognition of pregnancy. Cytokine and Growth Factors Review. 18 (5-6) 403-8 PMID 17662642
Alexenko A, Mao J, Ellersieck M, Davis A, Whyte JJ, Rosenfeld RS, Roberts RM. (2007) The contrasting effects of ad libitum and restricted feeding of a diet very high in saturated fats on sex ratio and metabolic hormones in mice. Biol Reprod. 77(4): 599-604. PMID 17522073
Chakrabarty, A. and Roberts R.M. (2007) Ets-2 and C/EBP-beta are important mediators of ovine trophoblast Kunitz domain protein-1 gene expression in trophoblast. BMC Molecular Biology. 8:14 PMID 17326832
Chen, Y., Antoniou, E., Liu, Z., Hearne, L., Roberts, RM. (2007) A Microarray analysis for genes regulated by interferon-tau in ovine luminal epithelial cells. Reproduction 134. 123-135. PMID 17641094
Green, JA, Roberts RM. (2006) Establishment of an ELISA for the detection of native bovine pregnancy-associated glycoprotein secreted by trophoblast binucleate cells. Methods Mol Med. 122: 321-30. PMID 16511990.
Ezashi T, Das P, Roberts RM. (2006) Regulation of IFN-tau gene expression by uterine factors: interaction between the conceptus and maternal environment during early pregnancy in cattle and sheep. J of Reprod & Dev, 52, S99-S109. [link to article]
Roberts RM, Yong HJ, Smith S. (2006) What drives the formation of trophectoderm during early embryonic development? J of Reprod & Dev, 52, S87-S97. [link to article]
Whyte JJ, Roberts RM, Rosenfeld, CS. (2007) Fluorescent in situ hybridization for sex chromosome determination before and after fertilization in mice. Theriogenology, 67:1022-1031. PMID 17215034 PMC1857354
Chakrabarty A, MacLean J, Roberts RM, Hughes A, Green JA. (2006) Rapid evolution of the trophoblast Kunitz domain proteins (TKDPs) – A multi-gene family expressed in the trophoblast of ruminants. J Mol Evol. 63: 274-282 PMID 16830095
Chakrabarty A, Green JA, Roberts RM. (2006) Origin and evolution of the TKDP gene family. GENE, 373. 35-43 PMID 16567063
Chen Y, Green JA, Antoniou E, Ealy AE, Mathialagan NP, Walker AM, Avalle MP, Rosenfeld CS, Hearne L, Roberts RM. (2006) Effect of interferon tau administration on endometrium of nonpregnant ewes: A comparison with pregnant ewes. Endocrinology, 147:2127-2137. PMID 16469802 |