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Wenge Ma, D.M.D.

Contact Information:

Department of Stomatology
513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0512, Rm S511
(415) 476-1092
maw@dentistry.ucsf.edu

Education:
D.M.D from West China University of Medical Sciences, College of Stomatology
PhD Student, 2002-present  OCS, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Research Mentor:
Susan Fisher

Research Interests:
Bacterial adhesion and salivary glycoproteins, roles of L-selectin in implantation in mice

Publications:

1)    B.C. Paria, W. Ma, D.M. Andrenyak, P.C. Schmid, H.H.O. Schmid, D.E. Moody, H. Deng, A. Makriyannis and S.K. Dey.  Effects of cannabinoids on preimplantation mouse embryo development and implantation are mediated by brain-type cannabinoid receptors.  Biology of Reproduction 1998, 58:1490-1495.

2)    H. Lim, R.A. Gupta, W. Ma, B.C. Paria, D.E. Moller, J.D. Morrow, R.N. Dubois, J.M. Trazaskos, and S.K. Dey.  Cyclo-oxygenase-2-derived prostacyclin mediates embryo implantation in the mouse via PPARdelta.  Gene and Development 1999; 13: 1561-1574

3)    H. Lim, L.Ma, W. Ma, R.L. Mass and S.K. Dey.  Hoxa-10 regulates uterine stromal cell responsiveness to progesterone during implantation and decidualization I the mouse.  Molecular Endocrinology 1999; 13: 1005-1017.

4)    P.A. Scherle, W. Ma, H. Lim, S.K. Dey and J.M. Trzaskos.  Regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 induction in the mouse uterus during decidualization.  The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2000; 275: 37086-37092.

5)    X. Zhao, W. Ma, S.K. Das, S.K. Dey and B.C. Paria.  Blastocyst H2 receptor is the target for uterine histamine in implantation in the mouse.  Development 2000; 127: 2643-2651.

6)    B.C. Paria, W. Ma, J. Tan, S. Raja, S.K. Das, S.K. Dey and B.L. Hogan.  Cellular and molecular responses of the uterus to embryo implantation can be elicited by locally applied growth factors.  PNAS 2001; 98: 1047-1052.

7)    W. Ma, J tan, H. Matsumoto, B. Roberts, D.R. Abrahamson, S.K. Das and S.K. Dey.  Adult tissue angiogenesis: Evidence for negative regulation by estrogen in the uterus.  Molecular Endocrinolgy 2001; 15: 1983-1992.

8)    W. Ma, H. song, S.K. Das, B.C. Paria and S.K. Dey.  Estrogen is a critical determinant that specifies the duration of the window of uterine receptivity for implantation.  PNAS 2003; 100: 2963-2968.

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