Jennifer McKey, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics-Developmental Biology

Publications

  • Djari C, Mayère C, Guy M, Perea-Gomez A, Barreau P, Rozier A, Martinez AS, Gibson TJ, Guérin C, Ademi H, Wilhelm D, McKey J, Chaboissier MC, Nef S. Ovarian development is driven by early spatiotemporal priming of the coelomic epithelium. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 26. PubMed PMID: 41040240
  • Martinez AS, Gibson TJ, McKey J. Single-cell-scale spatial transcriptome of the developing and adult mouse ovary. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 17. PubMed PMID: 41000831
  • Kawano M, McKey J, Batchvarov IS, Capel B. Granulosa cell death is a significant contributor to DNA-damaging chemotherapy-induced ovarian insufficiency†. Biol Reprod. 2025 May 13;112(5):906-915. PubMed PMID: 40178377
  • Anbarci DN, McKey J, Levic DS, Bagnat M, Capel B. Rediscovering the rete ovarii, a secreting auxiliary structure to the ovary. Elife. 2025 Mar 19;13. PubMed PMID: 40105200
  • Folts L, Martinez AS, Williams JA, Bunce C, Capel B, McKey J. OoCount: A Machine-Learning Based Approach to Mouse Ovarian Follicle Counting and Classification. Biol Reprod. 2025 Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39903695
  • Jennifer McKey, Victor A Ruthig, Germ Cell Sex Differentiation, Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences, Elsevier, 2025, ISBN 9780128012383, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21477-6.00540-X.
  • Rete Ovarii Epithelial Cells as an Unappreciated Cell of Origin for Pelvic and Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma Peichao Chen, Xingeng Zhao, Jinpeng Ruan, Xiangmin Lv, Jiyuan Liu, Rui Xu, Kazi Islam, Hongbo Wang, Davie Shi, Madelyn L. Moness, Brianna Carbajal, Gunjan Kumar, Olukemisola A Abioye, Jeniffer McKey, John S Davis, Cheng Wang bioRxiv 2025.10.31.685873; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.31.685873
  • Folts L, Martinez AS, Bunce C, Capel B, McKey J. OoCount: A Machine-Learning Based Approach to Mouse Ovarian Follicle Counting and Classification. bioRxiv. 2024 May 14. PubMed PMID: 38798456
  • Anbarci DN, O'Rourke R, Xiang Y, Peters DT, Capel B, McKey J. Bulk and single-cell transcriptome datasets of the mouse fetal and adult rete ovarii and surrounding tissues. Sci Data. 2024 Apr 13;11(1):383. PubMed PMID: 38615064
  • Folts L, Martinez AS, McKey J. Tissue clearing and imaging approaches for in toto analysis of the reproductive system†. Biol Reprod. 2024 Jun 12;110(6):1041-1054. PubMed PMID: 38159104
  • Anbarci DN, McKey J, Levic DS, Bagnat M, Capel B. Rediscovering the Rete Ovarii: a secreting auxiliary structure to the ovary. bioRxiv. 2024 Feb 1. PubMed PMID: 37986754
  • Tezak B, Straková B, Fullard DJ, Dupont S, McKey J, Weber C, Capel B. Higher temperatures directly increase germ cell number, promoting feminization of red-eared slider turtles. Curr Biol. 2023 Jul 24;33(14):3017-3023.e2. PubMed PMID: 37354900
  • Tezak B, Straková B, Fullard DJ, Dupont S, McKey J, Weber C, Capel B. Higher temperatures directly increase germ cell number, promoting feminization of red-eared slider turtles. Curr Biol. 2023 Jul 24;33(14):3017-3023.e2. PubMed PMID: 37354900
  • Transcriptome analysis of the mouse fetal and adult rete ovarii and surrounding tissues Dilara N Anbarci, Rebecca ORourke, Yu Xiang, Derek T Peters, Blanche Capel, Jennifer McKey bioRxiv 2023.11.06.565717; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.06.565717
  • Anbarci DN, O'Rourke R, Xiang Y, Peters DT, Capel B, McKey J. Transcriptome analysis of the mouse fetal and adult rete ovarii and surrounding tissues. bioRxiv. 2023 Nov 6. PubMed PMID: 37986846
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