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Department Faculty
 

Mary McAsey, Ph.D.

Mary McAsey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Research

 

Undergraduate University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh  WI 1975  BS Biology
Graduate University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh  WI 1978  MS Biology
Postgraduate University of Arizona, Tucson  AZ 1994  PhD
Postdoctoral University of Arizona, Tucson  AZ 1995  Research Associate Department Ob/Gyn
Associate Professor Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield IL
1996-present, Director of Research & REI Laboratories
Board Certification High Complexity Clinical Laboratory Director American Board of Bioanalysts
Selected Service Contributions Laboratory Animal Care and Use Committee
SIU School of Medicine, Springfield  IL
1997-present
  Curriculum 2000 Design Group:  Ob/Gyn & Pediatrics
SIU School of Medicine, Springfield  IL
1999-present

Special Intrests:  Neuroendocrine role of estrogen in aging and neurodegenerative diseases, mechanisms of cell death induction by alpha tocopherol succinate in ovarian and cervical cancer, neuroprotective mechanisms in the preterm infant, diseases of pregnancy

Selected publications: 

Hughes LF, McAsey ME, Donathan CL, Smith T, Coney PJ, Struble RG. The effects of hormone replacement therapy on olfactory sensitivity: cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Climacteric. 2002; 5:140-150.

Struble RG, Rosario E, Kircher M, Ludwig S, McAdamis PJ, Watabe K, McAsey M, Cady C, Nathan BP. Regional specific brain apolipoprotein E modulation during the estrous cycle and by exogenous 17b estradiol in the mouse. Journal of Experimental Neurology. 2003; 183:638-44.

Nathan BP, Barsukova AG, Shen F, McAsey M, Struble RG. Estrogen facilitates neurite extension via apolipotrotein E in cultured adult mouse cortical neurons, Endocrinology. 2004; 145:3065-3073.

McAsey ME, Cady C, Jackson LM, Li M, Randall S, Nathan BP, Struble RG.  Time course of response to estradiol replacement in ovariectomized mice:  Brain apolipoprotein e and synaptophysin transiently increase and glial fibrillary acidic protein is suppressed.  Exp Neurol.  2006; 197:197-205.

Welch, P, Amankwah K, Miller P, McAsey M, Torry DS.  Correlation of placental perfusion and PlGF protein expression in early human pregnancy.  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Accepted.