By Professor Robert Bruce Gilchrist

Journal articles

Hickey TE; Marrocco DL; Amato F; Ritter LJ; Norman RJ; Gilchrist RB; Armstrong DT, 2005, 'Androgens augment the mitogenic effects of oocyte-secreted factors and growth differentiation factor 9 on porcine granulosa cells', Biology of Reproduction, 73, pp. 825 - 832, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.104.039362

Kireta S; Zola H; Gilchrist RB; Coates PTH, 2005, 'Cross-reactivity of anti-human chemokine receptor and anti-TNF family antibodies with common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) leukocytes', Cellular Immunology, 236, pp. 115 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cellimm.2005.08.017

Sutton-McDowall ML; Gilchrist RB; Thompson JG, 2005, 'Effect of hexoses and gonadotrophin supplementation on bovine oocyte nuclear maturation during in vitro maturation in a synthetic follicle fluid medium', Reproduction Fertility and Development, 17, pp. 407 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RD04135

Dragovic RA; Ritter LJ; Schulz SJ; Amato F; Armstrong DT; Gilchrist RB, 2005, 'Role of oocyte-secreted growth differentiation factor 9 in the regulation of mouse cumulus expansion', Endocrinology, 146, pp. 2798 - 2806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2005-0098

Kaivo-Oja N; Mottershead DG; Mazerbourg S; Myllymaa S; Duprat S; Gilchrist RB; Groome NP; Hsueh AJ; Ritvos O, 2005, 'Adenoviral gene transfer allows Smad-responsive gene promoter analyses and delineation of type I receptor usage of transforming growth factor-β family ligands in cultured human granulosa luteal cells', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 90, pp. 271 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2004-1288

Dragovic RA; Ritter LJ; Schulz SJ; Armstrong DT; Gilchrist RB, 2005, '231. Mouse oocyte paracrine signalling to cumulus cells by TGF-β superfamily molecules is indispensable for cumulus expansion', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 17, pp. 90 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb05abs231

Hussein TS; Froiland DA; Thompson JG; Gilchrist RB, 2005, '232. Oocytes prevent bovine cumulus cell apoptosis by maintaining a morphogenic paracrine gradient of bone morphogenetic proteins', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 17, pp. 91 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb05abs232

Hickey TE; Marrocco DL; Amato F; Ritter LJ; Norman RJ; Gilchrist RB; Armstrong DT, 2005, '270. Androgens augment the mitogenic effects of oocyte-secreted factors and growth differentiation factor 9 on porcine granulosa cells', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 17, pp. 111 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb05abs270

Sutton-McDowall M; Gilchrist R; Thompson J, 2004, '300 GLUCOSAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION DURING IN VITRO MATURATION LEADS TO PERTURBED DEVELOPMENTAL CAPACITY OF BOVINE CUMULUS OOCYTE COMPLEXES', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 17, pp. 300 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rdv17n2ab300

Thomas RE; Thompson JG; Armstrong DT; Gilchrist RB, 2004, 'Effect of specific phosphodiesterase isoenzyme inhibitors during in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes on meiotic and developmental capacity', Biology of Reproduction, 71, pp. 1142 - 1149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.103.024828

Sutton-McDowall ML; Gilchrist RB; Thompson JG, 2004, 'Cumulus expansion and glucose utilisation by bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes during in vitro maturation: The influence of glucosamine and follicle-stimulating hormone', Reproduction, 128, pp. 313 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep.1.00225

Gilchrist RB; Ritter LJ; Cranfield M; Jeffery LA; Amato F; Scott SJ; Myllymaa S; Kaivo-Oja N; Lankinen H; Mottershead DG; Groome NP; Ritvos O, 2004, 'Immunoneutralization of growth differentiation factor 9 reveals it partially accounts for mouse oocyte mitogenic activity', Biology of Reproduction, 71, pp. 732 - 739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.104.028852

McDowall MLS; Gilchrist RB; Thompson JG, 2004, '204. Regulation of bovine oocyte meiotic and developmental capacity by glucose and glucosamine', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 16, pp. 204 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb04abs204

Gilchrist RB; Ritter LJ; Myllymaa S; Kaivo-Oja N; Amato F; Ritvos O; Mottershead DG, 2004, '247. Molecular basis of oocyte–paracrine signalling that promotes mouse granulosa cell proliferation', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 16, pp. 247 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb04abs247

Dragovic RA; Ritter LJ; Amato F; Scott SJ; Cranfield M; Groome NP; Armstrong DT; Gilchrist RB, 2004, '251. Regulation of mouse cumulus expansion by oocyte-secreted growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9)', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 16, pp. 251 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb04abs251

Hussein TS; Froliand DA; Thompson JG; Gilchrist RB, 2004, '252. Oocyte-secreted factor(s) regulate apoptosis of bovine cumulus cells', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 16, pp. 252 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb04abs252

Hickey TE; Marrocco DL; Gilchrist RB; Norman RJ; Armstrong DT, 2004, 'Interactions between androgen and growth factors in granulosa cell subtypes of porcine antral follicles', Biology of Reproduction, 71, pp. 45 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.103.026484

Gilchrist RB; Ritter LJ; Armstrong DT, 2004, 'Oocyte-somatic cell interactions during follicle development in mammals', Animal Reproduction Science, 82-83, pp. 431 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.05.017

Thomas RE; Armstrong DT; Gilchrist RB, 2004, 'Bovine Cumulus Cell-Oocyte Gap Junctional Communication during In Vitro Maturation in Response to Manipulation of Cell-Specific Cyclic Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosophate Levels', Biology of Reproduction, 70, pp. 548 - 556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.103.021204

Sutton-McDowall ML; Gilchrist RB; Thompson JG, 2004, '327 THE EFFECTS OF GLUCOSE AND GLUCOSAMINE ON CUMULUS EXPANSION AND NUCLEAR MATURATION OF BOVINE CUMULUS-OOCYTE COMPLEXES', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 16, pp. 283 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rdv16n1ab327

Ritter LJ; Mottershead DG; Jeffery L; Kaivo-Oja N; Scott S; Ritvos O; Gilchrist RB, 2003, '26. Bone morphogenic protein receptor-II is a key receptor for transmitting the actions of oocyte-secreted factors and growth differentiation factor-9 in granulosa cells', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 15, pp. 26 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb03ab26

Gilchrist RB; Ritter LJ; Cranfield M; Jeffery L; Amato F; Myllymaa S; Lankinen H; Mottershead DG; Groome NP; Ritvos O, 2003, '93. Immunoneutralization of growth differentiation factor-9 reveals it partially accounts for oocyte mitogenic activity', Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 15, pp. 93 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb03ab93

Sutton ML; Cetica PD; Beconi MT; Kind KL; Gilchrist RB; Thompson JG, 2003, 'Influence of oocyte-secreted factors and culture duration on the metabolic activity of bovine cumulus cell complexes', Reproduction, 126, pp. 27 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/rep.0.1260027

Gilchrist RB; Morrissey MP; Ritter LJ; Armstrong DT, 2003, 'Comparison of oocyte factors and transforming growth factor-β in the regulation of DNA synthesis in bovine granulosa cells', Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 201, pp. 87 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0303-7207(02)00429-X

Sutton ML; Gilchrist RB; Thompson JG, 2003, 'Effect of in-vivo and in-vitro environments on the metabolism of the cumulus-oocyte complex and its influence on oocyte developmental capacity', Human Reproduction Update, 9, pp. 35 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmg009

Thomas RE; Armstrong DT; Gilchrist RB, 2002, 'Differential effects of specific phosphodiesterase isoenzyme inhibitors on bovine oocyte meiotic maturation', Developmental Biology, 244, pp. 215 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/dbio.2002.0609

Ryan NK; Woodhouse CM; Van der Hoek KH; Gilchrist RB; Armstrong DT; Norman RJ, 2002, 'Expression of leptin and its receptor in the murine ovary: Possible role in the regulation of oocyte maturation', Biology of Reproduction, 66, pp. 1548 - 1554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod66.5.1548

Gilchrist RB; Ritter LJ; Armstrong DT, 2001, 'Mouse oocyte mitogenic activity is developmentally coordinated throughout folliculogenesis and meiotic maturation', Developmental Biology, 240, pp. 289 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/dbio.2001.0451

Gilchrist RB; Wicherek M; Heistermann M; Nayudu PL; Hodges JK, 2001, 'Changes in follicle-stimulating hormone and follicle populations during the ovarian cycle of the common marmoset', Biology of Reproduction, 64, pp. 127 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod64.1.127

Gilchrist RB; Rowe DB; Ritter LJ; Robertson SA; Norman RJ; Armstrong DT, 2000, 'Effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor deficiency on ovarian follicular cell function', Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 120, pp. 283 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.1200283

Gilchrist R; Kovalenko IN, 2000, 'On estimation of the probability of absence of collisions of some random mappings', Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, 36, pp. 102 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02733305

Li R; Norman RJ; Armstrong DT; Gilchrist RB, 2000, 'Oocyte-secreted factor(s) determine functional differences between bovine mural granulosa cells and cumulus cells', Biology of Reproduction, 63, pp. 839 - 845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod63.3.839

Gilchrist R, 2000, 'Regression models for data with a non-zero probability of a zero response', Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, 29, pp. 1987 - 2003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610920008832591

Cooper C; Gilchrist R; Kovalenko IN; Novakovic D, 1999, 'Estimation of the number of "good" permutations with applications to cryptography', Cybernetics and Systems Analysis, 35, pp. 688 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02733401

Gilchrist RB; Nayudu PL; Hodges JK, 1997, 'Maturation, fertilization, and development of marmoset monkey oocytes in vitro', Biology of Reproduction, 56, pp. 238 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod56.1.238

Gilchrist RB; Nayudu PL; Nowshari MA; Hodges JK, 1995, 'Meiotic competence of marmoset monkey oocytes is related to follicle size and oocyte-somatic cell associations', Biology of Reproduction, 52, pp. 1234 - 1243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod52.6.1234

Alobaid AA; Gilchrist R; Bointon B, 1994, 'Coronary heart disease mortality in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia in 1989 and 1990', Annals of Saudi Medicine, 14, pp. 387 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.1994.387

Gilchrist R, 1992, 'Preface', Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 13, pp. 243 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-9473(92)90132-Y

Gilchrist R, 1985, 'Some aspects of modelling operational problems in the National Health Service.', Statistician, 34, pp. 209 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2988159

Scallan A; Gilchrist R; Green M, 1984, 'Fitting parametric link functions in generalised linear models', Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 2, pp. 37 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-9473(84)90031-8

Gilchrist R, 1981, 'Estimation of the Parameters of the Gamma Distribution by Means of a Maximal Invariant', Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, 10, pp. 1095 - 1110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610928108828096

Gilchrist R, 1977, 'Some comments on the teaching of the likelihood ratio test', Journal of Applied Statistics, 4, pp. 103 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/768370955

Gilchrist R, 1976, 'Some problems encountered by uk users of statistical packages', American Statistician, 30, pp. 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00031305.1976.10479135

Conference Papers

Campbell J; Habibalahi A; Agha A; Handley S; Knab A; Xu X; Bhargava A; Lei Z; Mackevicius M; Tian Y; Mahbub S; Anwer A; Gronthos S; Grey S; Wu L; Gilchrist R; Goldys E, 2025, 'Non-invasive characterization of hBM-MSCs using autofluorescence multispectral imaging: future growth and pluripotency', SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, pp. 30, presented at Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XXIII, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3041463

Krysta A; Riepsamen AH; Kilani S; Harrison CA; Mallitt KA; Ledger WL; Robertson DM; Gilchrist RB, 2019, 'Cumulus cell-bound bone morphogenetic protein-15 varies with maternal age and PCO/S in ICSI patients', in HUMAN REPRODUCTION, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, AUSTRIA, Vienna, pp. 418 - 418, presented at 35th Annual Meeting of the European-Society-of-Human-Reproduction-and-Embryology (ESHRE), AUSTRIA, Vienna, 24 June 2019 - 26 June 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000484057200876&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Riepsamen A; Robertson DM; Gilchrist RB; Ledger WL, 2019, 'Oocyte-secreted serum biomarkers and reproductive potential in women', in HUMAN REPRODUCTION, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, AUSTRIA, Vienna, pp. 21 - 21, presented at 35th Annual Meeting of the European-Society-of-Human-Reproduction-and-Embryology (ESHRE), AUSTRIA, Vienna, 24 June 2019 - 26 June 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000484057200042&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Riepsamen A; Gilchrist R; Ledger W, 2019, 'Oocyte-secreted serum biomarkers and reproductive potential in women', in Oocyte-secreted serum biomarkers and reproductive potential in women, Oxford University Press, Vienna, pp. i21 - i21, presented at 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Vienna, 23 June 2019 - 26 June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/34.Supplement_1.1

Riepsamen A; Chan K; Lien S; Sweeten P; Walker G; Fraison E; Stocker W; Walton K; Harrison C; Ledger W; Robertson D; Gilchrist R, 2019, 'SAT-195 Oocyte-Secreted Factors GDF9 and BMP15 Measured in Serum Correlate with Reproductive Potential in Women', in Journal of the Endocrine Society, The Endocrine Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-sat-195

Vuong LN; Ho VNA; Ho TM; Dang VQ; Phung TH; Giang NH; Le AH; Pham TD; Wang R; Norman RJ; Gilchrist RB; Smitz J; Mol BW, 2019, 'In vitro maturation (IVM) versus in vitro fertilization (IVF) in women with high antral follicle count (AFC): a randomized controlled trial (NCT03405701)', in Fertility and Sterility, Elsevier, pp. e435 - e436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.08.015

Sugimura S; Richani D; Gilchrist RB, 2018, 'Follicular guidance for oocyte developmental competence', in Animal Reproduction, pp. 721 - 726, http://dx.doi.org/10.21451/1984-3143-AR2018-0035

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