PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed publications

14) Desaulniers, A.T., C.E. Ross, R.A. Cederberg, K.W. Lovercamp, C.A. Lents and B.R. White. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone II and its receptor regulate motility, morphology, and kinetics of porcine spermatozoa in vitro. Gen Comp Endocrinol. Dec 10:114653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2024.114653. Original Research Article

13) Ahern, D.F., K. Martins, J. Florez, C.E. Ross, A. Huisman, R.A. Cushman, S. L. Shuping, C.C. Nestor, A.T. Desaulniers, B.R. White, T.S. Sonstegard, and C.A. Lents. Development of KISS1 knockout pigs is characterized by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, normal growth, and reduced skatole. Biol Reprod. Nov 11;111(5):1082-1096 https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioae140. Original Research Article.

12) Desaulniers, A.T., R.A. Cederberg, C.A. Lents and B.R. White. 2024. Knockdown of gonadotropin-releasing hormone II receptor impairs ovulation rate, corpus luteum development, and progesterone production in gilts. Animals (Basel). 14(16), 2350. 

11) Desaulniers, A.T. and B.R. White. 2023. Role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone 2 (GnRH2) and its receptor in human reproductive cancers. Front Endocrinol. 14:1341162. 

10) White, B.R., R.A. Cederberg, D.H. Elsken, C.E. Ross, C.A. Lents and A.T. Desaulniers. 2022. Role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone II and its receptor in swine reproduction. Mol Reprod Dev 1–11. 

9) Desaulniers, A.T., R.A. Cederberg, E.P. Carreiro, C.B. Gurumurthy and B.R. White. 2020. A transgenic pig model expressing a CMV-ZsGreen1 reporter across an extensive array of tissues. J Biomed Res, 35(2): 163–173. 

8) S. Manca, B. Upadhyaya, E. Mutai, A.T. Desaulniers, R.A. Cederberg, B.R. White and J. Zempleni. 2018. Milk exosomes are bioavailable and distinct microRNA cargos have unique distribution patterns. Sci Rep. 8(1): 11321.

7) Desaulniers, A.T., R.A. Cederberg, C.A. Lents and B.R. White. 2017. Expression and role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone 2 and its receptor in mammals. Front Endocrinol. 8:269. Invited review.

6) Lents, C.A., J.F. Thorson, A.T. Desaulniers and B.R. White. 2017. RFamide-Related Peptide 3 and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-II are Autocrine-Paracrine Regulators of Testis Function in the Boar. Mol Reprod Develop. 84:994 – 1003.

5) Desaulniers, A.T., R.A. Cederberg and B.R. White. 2017. Production of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone II receptor knockdown swine line. Transgenic Res. 26(4):567 – 575.

4) Desaulniers, A.T., W.R. Lamberson and T.J. Safranski. 2016. Prenatal heat stress reduces male anogenital distance at birth and adult testis size, which are rescued by concurrent maternal Artemisia absinthium consumption. J Therm Biol. 57:84 – 91.

3) Brauer, V.M., J.R. Wiarda Bell, A.T. Desaulniers, R.A. Cederberg and B.R. White. 2016. Functional activity of the porcine Gnrhr2 gene promoter in testis-derived cells is partially conferred by nuclear factor-κB, specificity protein 1 and 3 (SP1/3) and overlapping early growth response 1/SP1/3 binding sites. Gene. 587: 137 – 146.

2) Desaulniers, A.T., R.A. Cederberg, G.A. Mills, J.J. Ford, C.A. Lents and B.R. White. 2015. LH-independent testosterone secretion is mediated by the interaction between GNRH2 and its receptor within porcine testes. Biol Reprod. 93:45.

1) Thorson, J.F., A. T. Desaulniers, C. Lee, B. R. White, J. J. Ford and C. A. Lents. 2015. The role of RFamide-related peptide 3 (RFRP3) in regulation of the neuroendocrine reproductive and growth axes of the boar. Anim Reprod Sci. 159:60 – 65.