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DANIEL DUFORT


Assistant Professor – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Associate Member – Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine

Contact information:

Telephone: (514) 934-1934, ext. 34743
e-mail address: daniel.dufort@muhc.mcgill.ca
website:


Projects for Thesis Supervision:

1. Characterize the role of the Wnt signaling pathway during the process of implantation.

2. Role of LIF signaling pathway in uterine receptivity.

3. Functional analysis of the nuclear receptor NR5A2 in axis specification.


Recent Publications:

Mohamed, O., Labelle-Dumais, C., Jonnaert, M., Clarke H.J. and D. Dufort. 2005. Uterine Wnt/b-catenin signaling is required for implantation. PNAS 102(24):8579-84. Commentary on this paper PNAS 102(24): 8397 - 8398.

Mohamed, O., Clarke, H.J. and D. Dufort. 2004.
ß-catenin signaling marks the prospective site of primitive streak formation in the mouse embryo. Dev Dyn 231,416-24.

Mohamed, O., D. Dufort* and Clarke, H.J*. 2004.
Expression and estradiol regulation of Wnt genes in the mouse blastocyst identifies a candidate pathway for embryo-maternal signaling at implantation. Biol Reprod 71, 417-24.