Camilla H. K. Hughes
- Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology
University Park, PA 16802
- Email chkh@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7024
Areas of Expertise
- Reproductive biology
- Ovarian function
- Reproductive-immune interaction
Education
- Postdoc, Centre de recherche en reproduction et fertilité (CRRF), University of Montreal, 2020-2023
- Frontiers in Reproduction, Marine Biological Laboratory, 2022
- Ph.D., Animal Science, Penn State, 2019
- B.S., Animal Science and Biology, Virginia Tech, 2013
Publications
Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1; Nr5a1) regulates the formation of the ovarian reserve
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Hughes, Camilla H.K., Smith, Olivia E., Meinsohn, Marie Charlotte, Brunelle, Mylène, Gévry, Nicolas, Murphy, Bruce D., 2023
Review: Luteal prostaglandins: mechanisms regulating luteal survival and demise in ruminants
Animal, Pate, Joy Lee, Hughes, C. H.K., 2023
Liver receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1) regulates follicle vasculature during ovulation in mice
Reproduction, Guzmán, Adrian, Hughes, Camilla H.K., Murphy, Bruce D., 2022
Insights from two independent transcriptomic studies of the bovine corpus luteum during pregnancy
Journal of Animal Science, Hughes, Camilla H.K., Mezera, Megan A., Wiltbank, Milo C., Pate, Joy Lee, 2022
Form of Supplemental Selenium Affects the Expression of mRNA Transcripts Encoding Selenoproteins, and Proteins Regulating Cholesterol Uptake, in the Corpus Luteum of Grazing Beef Cows
Animals, Carr, Sarah N., Crites, Benjamin R., Pate, Joy L., Hughes, Camilla H.K., Matthews, James C., Bridges, Phillip J., 2022
A role for orphan nuclear receptor liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1, NR5A2) in primordial follicle activation
Scientific Reports, Meinsohn, Marie Charlotte, Hughes, Camilla H.K., Estienne, Anthony, Saatcioglu, Hatice D., Pépin, David, Duggavathi, Raj, Murphy, Bruce D., 2021
Orphan nuclear receptors in angiogenesis and follicular development
Reproduction, Guzmán, Adrian, Hughes, Camilla H.K., Murphy, Bruce D., 2021
Nuclear receptors: Key regulators of somatic cell functions in the ovulatory process
Molecular Aspects of Medicine, Hughes, Camilla H.K., Murphy, Bruce D., 2021
NR5A2 and potential regulatory miRNAs in the bovine CL during early pregnancy
Reproduction, Hughes, C. H.K., Rogus, A., Inskeep, E. K., Pate, J. L., 2021
Temporal changes in the corpus luteum during early pregnancy reveal regulation of pathways that enhance steroidogenesis and suppress luteolytic mechanisms
Biology of Reproduction, Hughes, C. H.K., Inskeep, E. K., Pate, J. L., 2020
Luteal Lipids Regulate Progesterone Production and May Modulate Immune Cell Function During the Estrous Cycle and Pregnancy
Frontiers in Endocrinology, Hughes, Camilla H.K., Bosviel, Remy, Newman, John W., Pate, Joy L., 2019
Molecular profiling demonstrates modulation of immune cell function and matrix remodeling during luteal rescue
Biology of Reproduction, Hughes, Camilla K., Maalouf, Samar W., Liu, Wansheng, Pate, Joy L., 2019
Luteolysis and the corpus luteum of pregnancy, Hughes, Camilla, Pate, J, 2019
Applications of large-scale molecular profiling techniques to the study of the corpus luteum
Animal Reproduction, Pate, Joy L., Hughes, Camilla K., 2018
Activities for leptin in bovine trophoblast cells
Domestic Animal Endocrinology, Hughes, C. K., Xie, M. M., McCoski, S. R., Ealy, A. D., 2017