Michael McMaster, PhD
ADJ PROF-HCOMP
Cell and Tissue Biology
School of Dentistry

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• Pregnancy Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: Research and Prevention, NIH, 2010-2014

Publications (67)

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OrganophosphatesHLA-G AntigensDeciduaPlacentaFlame RetardantsTrophoblastsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IFirefightersHLA AntigensChorioamnionitisUterusPre-EclampsiaPregnancyChorionic VilliEmbryo Implantation

• High rates of placental inflammation among samples collected by the Multi-Omics for Mothers and Infants consortium.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2024 Robinson JF, Das S, Khan W, Khanam R, Price JT, Rahman A, Ahmed S, Ali SM, Deb S, Deveale B, Dutta A, Gormley M, Hall SC, Hasan ASMT, Hotwani A, Juma MH, Kasaro MP, Khalid J, Kshetrapal P, McMaster MT…
• Organophosphate and Organohalogen Flame-Retardant Exposure and Thyroid Hormone Disruption in a Cross-Sectional Study of Female Firefighters and Office Workers from San Francisco.
  Environmental science & technology 2021 Trowbridge J, Gerona R, McMaster M, Ona K, Clarity C, Bessonneau V, Rudel R, Buren H, Morello-Frosch R
• Associations between polyfluoroalkyl substance and organophosphate flame retardant exposures and telomere length in a cohort of women firefighters and office workers in San Francisco.
  Environmental health : a global access science source 2021 Clarity C, Trowbridge J, Gerona R, Ona K, McMaster M, Bessonneau V, Rudel R, Buren H, Morello-Frosch R
• Organophosphate and organohalogen flame retardant exposure and thyroid hormone disruption in women firefighters and office workers from San Francisco.
  ISEE Conference Abstracts 2021 Jessica Trowbridge, Roy Gerona, Michael Mcmaster, Katerine Ona, Cassidy Clarity, Vincent Bessonneau, Ruthann Rudel, Heather Buren, Rachel Morello Frosch
• Human placental cytotrophoblast epigenome dynamics over gestation and alterations in placental disease.
  Developmental cell 2021 Zhang B, Kim MY, Elliot G, Zhou Y, Zhao G, Li D, Lowdon RF, Gormley M, Kapidzic M, Robinson JF, McMaster MT, Hong C, Mazor T, Hamilton E, Sears RL, Pehrsson EC, Marra MA, Jones SJM, Bilenky M, Hirst M…

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• Trisomy 21 is Associated with Caspase-2 Upregulation in Cytotrophoblasts at the Maternal-Fetal Interface.
  Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 2020 Leon-Martinez D, Robinson JF, Zdravkovic T, Genbacev O, Gormley M, Mcmaster M, Fisher SJ, Bianco K
• Placental Structure in Preterm Birth Among HIV-Positive Versus HIV-Negative Women in Kenya.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019 Obimbo MM, Zhou Y, McMaster MT, Cohen CR, Qureshi Z, Ong'ech J, Ogeng'o JA, Fisher SJ
• Defective decidualization during and after severe preeclampsia reveals a possible maternal contribution to the etiology.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2017 Garrido-Gomez T, Dominguez F, Quiñonero A, Diaz-Gimeno P, Kapidzic M, Gormley M, Ona K, Padilla-Iserte P, McMaster M, Genbacev O, Perales A, Fisher SJ, Simón C
• Cover Image, Volume 36, Issue 9.
  Prenatal Diagnosis 2016 Katherine Bianco, Matthew Gormley, Jason Farrell, Yan Zhou, Oliver Oliverio, Hannah Tilden, Michael McMaster, Susan J. Fisher
• Placental transcriptomes in the common aneuploidies reveal critical regions on the trisomic chromosomes and genome-wide effects.
  Prenatal diagnosis 2016 Bianco K, Gormley M, Farrell J, Zhou Y, Oliverio O, Tilden H, McMaster M, Fisher SJ
• Human stem cells from single blastomeres reveal pathways of embryonic or trophoblast fate specification.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2015 Zdravkovic T, Nazor KL, Larocque N, Gormley M, Donne M, Hunkapillar N, Giritharan G, Bernstein HS, Wei G, Hebrok M, Zeng X, Genbacev O, Mattis A, McMaster MT, Krtolica A, Valbuena D, Simón C, Laurent …
• Reversal of gene dysregulation in cultured cytotrophoblasts reveals possible causes of preeclampsia.
  Journal of Clinical Investigation 2013 Yan Zhou, Matthew J. Gormley, Nathan M. Hunkapiller, Mirhan Kapidzic, Yana Stolyarov, Victoria Feng, Masakazu Nishida, Penelope M. Drake, Katherine Bianco, Fei Wang, Michael T. McMaster, Susan J. …
• Reversal of gene dysregulation in cultured cytotrophoblasts reveals possible causes of preeclampsia.
  The Journal of clinical investigation 2013 Zhou Y, Gormley MJ, Hunkapiller NM, Kapidzic M, Stolyarov Y, Feng V, Nishida M, Drake PM, Bianco K, Wang F, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ
• Maternal decidual macrophages inhibit NK cell killing of invasive cytotrophoblasts during human pregnancy.
  Biology of reproduction 2013 Co EC, Gormley M, Kapidzic M, Rosen DB, Scott MA, Stolp HA, McMaster M, Lanier LL, Bárcena A, Fisher SJ
• Human trophoblast progenitors: where do they reside?
  Seminars in reproductive medicine 2013 Genbacev O, Lamb JD, Prakobphol A, Donne M, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ
• Establishment of human trophoblast progenitor cell lines from the chorion.
  Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2011 Genbacev O, Donne M, Kapidzic M, Gormley M, Lamb J, Gilmore J, Larocque N, Goldfien G, Zdravkovic T, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ
• Pre-eclampsia is associated with elevated CXCL12 levels in placental syncytiotrophoblasts and maternal blood.
  European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology 2011 Schanz A, Winn VD, Fisher SJ, Blumenstein M, Heiss C, Hess AP, Kruessel JS, Mcmaster M, North RA
• GROα regulates human embryonic stem cell self-renewal or adoption of a neuronal fate.
  Differentiation; research in biological diversity 2011 Krtolica A, Larocque N, Genbacev O, Ilic D, Coppe JP, Patil CK, Zdravkovic T, McMaster M, Campisi J, Fisher SJ
• 721: Global gene expression profiling of the maternal-fetal interface in common aneuploidies: identification of gene dosage-dependant phenotypes.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2011 Katherine Bianco, Matthew Gormley, Gabriel Goldfien, Brittni Johnson, Michael McMaster, Mari-Paul Thiet, Susan Fisher
• A proteomic approach identifies early pregnancy biomarkers for preeclampsia: novel linkages between a predisposition to preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease.
  Proteomics 2009 Blumenstein M, McMaster MT, Black MA, Wu S, Prakash R, Cooney J, McCowan LM, Cooper GJ, North RA
• 613: Chromosomal abnormalities and the risk for preeclampsia/eclampsia.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008 Katherine Bianco, Yvonne Cheng, Susan Fisher, Michael McMaster, Julie De La Garza, Aaron Caughey
• Human embryonic stem cells as a model system for studying the effects of smoke exposure on the embryo.
  Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 2008 Zdravkovic T, Genbacev O, LaRocque N, McMaster M, Fisher S
• Comparative analysis of maternal-fetal interface in preeclampsia and preterm labor.
  Cell and tissue research 2007 Zhou Y, Bianco K, Huang L, Nien JK, McMaster M, Romero R, Fisher SJ
• Nicotine downregulates the l-selectin system that mediates cytotrophoblast emigration from cell columns and attachment to the uterine wall.
  Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 2006 Zdravkovic T, Genbacev O, Prakobphol A, Cvetkovic M, Schanz A, McMaster M, Fisher SJ
• The class I HLA repertoire of pancreatic islets comprises the nonclassical class Ib antigen HLA-G.
  Diabetes 2006 Cirulli V, Zalatan J, McMaster M, Prinsen R, Salomon DR, Ricordi C, Torbett BE, Meda P, Crisa L
• Expression of HLA-G in malignant mesothelioma and clinically aggressive breast carcinoma.
  Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology 2006 Kleinberg L, Flørenes VA, Skrede M, Dong HP, Nielsen S, McMaster MT, Nesland JM, Shih IeM, Davidson B
• Serum-free derivation of human embryonic stem cell lines on human placental fibroblast feeders.
  Fertility and sterility 2005 Genbacev O, Krtolica A, Zdravkovic T, Brunette E, Powell S, Nath A, Caceres E, McMaster M, McDonagh S, Li Y, Mandalam R, Lebkowski J, Fisher SJ
• The adverse effects of maternal smoking on the human placenta: a review.
  Placenta 2005 Zdravkovic T, Genbacev O, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ
• HLA-G expression in effusions is a possible marker of tumor susceptibility to chemotherapy in ovarian carcinoma.
  Gynecologic oncology 2005 Davidson B, Elstrand MB, McMaster MT, Berner A, Kurman RJ, Risberg B, Trope CG, Shih IeM
• HLA-G upregulation in pre-malignant and malignant lesions of the gastrointestinal tract.
  International journal of gastrointestinal cancer 2005 Hansel DE, Rahman A, Wilentz RE, Shih IeM, McMaster MT, Yeo CJ, Maitra A
• Abnormal placentation and the syndrome of preeclampsia.
  Seminars in nephrology 2004 McMaster MT, Zhou Y, Fisher SJ
• Trophoblast differentiation during embryo implantation and formation of the maternal-fetal interface.
  The Journal of clinical investigation 2004 Red-Horse K, Zhou Y, Genbacev O, Prakobphol A, Foulk R, McMaster M, Fisher SJ
• Truncated HLA-G isoforms are retained in the endoplasmic reticulum and insufficiently provide HLA-E ligands.
  Human immunology 2004 Ulbrecht M, Maier S, Hofmeister V, Falk CS, Brooks AG, McMaster MT, Weiss EH
• Human cytotrophoblasts promote endothelial survival and vascular remodeling through secretion of Ang2, PlGF, and VEGF-C.
  Developmental biology 2003 Zhou Y, Bellingard V, Feng KT, McMaster M, Fisher SJ
• HLA-G is a potential tumor marker in malignant ascites.
  Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2003 Singer G, Rebmann V, Chen YC, Liu HT, Ali SZ, Reinsberg J, McMaster MT, Pfeiffer K, Chan DW, Wardelmann E, Grosse-Wilde H, Cheng CC, Kurman RJ, Shih IeM
• Disruption of oxygen-regulated responses underlies pathological changes in the placentas of women who smoke or who are passively exposed to smoke during pregnancy.
  Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 2003 Genbacev O, McMaster MT, Zdravkovic T, Fisher SJ
• Longitudinal serum concentrations of placental growth factor: evidence for abnormal placental angiogenesis in pathologic pregnancies.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2003 Taylor RN, Grimwood J, Taylor RS, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ, North RA
• Placental Development.
  Encyclopedia of Hormones 2003 Michael T. McMaster, Susan J. Fisher
• HLA-G immunoreactivity is specific for intermediate trophoblast in gestational trophoblastic disease and can serve as a useful marker in differential diagnosis.
  The American journal of surgical pathology 2002 Singer G, Kurman RJ, McMaster MT, Shih IeM
• Vascular endothelial growth factor ligands and receptors that regulate human cytotrophoblast survival are dysregulated in severe preeclampsia and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome.
  The American journal of pathology 2002 Zhou Y, McMaster M, Woo K, Janatpour M, Perry J, Karpanen T, Alitalo K, Damsky C, Fisher SJ
• Specific activation of the non-classical class I histocompatibility HLA-G antigen and expression of the ILT2 inhibitory receptor in human breast cancer.
  The Journal of pathology 2002 Lefebvre S, Antoine M, Uzan S, McMaster M, Dausset J, Carosella ED, Paul P
• Histocompatibility leukocyte antigen-G is not expressed by endometriosis or endometrial tissue.
  Fertility and sterility 2001 Hornung D, Fujii E, Lim KH, Vigne JL, McMaster MT, Taylor RN
• Concordant in situ and in vitro data show that maternal cigarette smoking negatively regulates placental cytotrophoblast passage through the cell cycle.
  Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 2000 Genbacev O, McMaster MT, Lazic J, Nedeljkovic S, Cvetkovic M, Joslin R, Fisher SJ
• HLA-G, -E, -F preworkshop: tools and protocols for analysis of non-classical class I genes transcription and protein expression.
  Human immunology 2000 Paul P, Rouas-Freiss N, Moreau P, Cabestre FA, Menier C, Khalil-Daher I, Pangault C, Onno M, Fauchet R, Martinez-Laso J, Morales P, Villena AA, Giacomini P, Natali PG, Frumento G, Ferrara GB, McMaster…
• A repertoire of cell cycle regulators whose expression is coordinated with human cytotrophoblast differentiation.
  The American journal of pathology 2000 Genbacev O, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ
• HLA-G Does Not Mediate the Natural Killer Cell Suppression Associated with Endometriosis.
  Fertility and Sterility 2000 D Hornung, E Fujii, K.-H Lim, J.-L Vigne, M.T McMaster, R.N Taylor
• Posttranscriptional regulation of human leukocyte antigen G during human extravillous cytotrophoblast differentiation.
  Biology of reproduction 2000 Copeman J, Han RN, Caniggia I, McMaster M, Fisher SJ, Cross JC
• Id-2 regulates critical aspects of human cytotrophoblast differentiation, invasion and migration.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2000 Janatpour MJ, McMaster MT, Genbacev O, Zhou Y, Dong J, Cross JC, Israel MA, Fisher SJ
• Upregulation of human cytotrophoblast invasion by hepatocyte growth factor.
  Journal of reproduction and fertility. Supplement 2000 Nasu K, Zhou Y, McMaster MT, Fisher SJ
• Invasive cytotrophoblast apoptosis in pre-eclampsia.
  Human reproduction (Oxford, England) 1999 Genbacev O, DiFederico E, McMaster M, Fisher SJ
• Oxygen Regulates Human Cytotrophoblast Proliferation, Differentiation, and Invasion: Implications for Endovascular Invasion in Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia.
  Embryo Implantation 1999 Olga Genbacev, Yan Zhou, Michael T. McMaster, John W. Ludlow, Caroline H. Damsky, Susan J. Fisher
• HLA-G isoforms produced by placental cytotrophoblasts and found in amniotic fluid are due to unusual glycosylation.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1998 McMaster M, Zhou Y, Shorter S, Kapasi K, Geraghty D, Lim KH, Fisher S
• Complementary expression of HIP, a cell-surface heparan sulfate binding protein, and perlecan at the human fetal-maternal interface.
  Biology of reproduction 1998 Rohde LH, Janatpore MJ, McMaster MT, Fisher S, Zhou Y, Lim KH, French M, Hoke D, Julian J, Carson DD
• Human cytotrophoblast differentiation/invasion is abnormal in pre-eclampsia.
  The American journal of pathology 1997 Lim KH, Zhou Y, Janatpour M, McMaster M, Bass K, Chun SH, Fisher SJ
• Identification of a thymic epithelial cell subset sharing expression of the class Ib HLA-G molecule with fetal trophoblasts.
  The Journal of experimental medicine 1997 Crisa L, McMaster MT, Ishii JK, Fisher SJ, Salomon DR
• Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 expression is upregulated during human cytotrophoblast invasion in vitro.
  Developmental genetics 1997 Bass KE, Li H, Hawkes SP, Howard E, Bullen E, Vu TK, McMaster M, Janatpour M, Fisher SJ
• Human placental HLA-G expression is restricted to differentiated cytotrophoblasts.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1995 McMaster MT, Librach CL, Zhou Y, Lim KH, Janatpour MJ, DeMars R, Kovats S, Damsky C, Fisher SJ
• Integrin switching regulates normal trophoblast invasion.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 1994 Damsky CH, Librach C, Lim KH, Fitzgerald ML, McMaster MT, Janatpour M, Zhou Y, Logan SK, Fisher SJ
• Human trophoblast invasion. Autocrine control and paracrine modulation.
  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1994 McMaster MT, Bass KE, Fisher SJ
• Association of monocytes and neutrophils with early events of blastocyst implantation in mice.
  Journal of reproduction and fertility 1993 McMaster MT, Dey SK, Andrews GK
• Activation and distribution of inflammatory cells in the mouse uterus during the preimplantation period.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1992 McMaster MT, Newton RC, Dey SK, Andrews GK
• Lactoferrin in the mouse uterus: analyses of the preimplantation period and regulation by ovarian steroids.
  Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) 1992 McMaster MT, Teng CT, Dey SK, Andrews GK
• Metallothionein gene expression and metal regulation during preimplantation mouse embryo development (MT mRNA during early development).
  Developmental biology 1991 Andrews GK, Huet-Hudson YM, Paria BC, McMaster MT, De SK, Dey SK
• Endotoxin induction of murine metallothionein gene expression.
  The Journal of biological chemistry 1990 De SK, McMaster MT, Andrews GK
• Cell type-specific expression of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in the mouse uterus during the periimplantation period.
  Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) 1990 Tamada H, McMaster MT, Flanders KC, Andrews GK, Dey SK
• Cell-specific metallothionein gene expression in mouse decidua and placentae.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 1989 De SK, McMaster MT, Dey SK, Andrews GK
• Mouse and rat placental cell lines express abundant amounts of laminin.
  Placenta 1988 Soares MJ, McMaster MT, De SK, De M, Chang M, Jokhai S, Hunt JS