Johnson, J., and Capco, D.G. (1997). "Progesterone acts through protein kinase C to remodel the cytoplasm as the amphibian oocyte becomes the fertilization-competent egg." Mechanisms of Development. 67, 215-226.
Johnson, J., Bierle, B.M., Gallicano, G.I., and Capco, D.G. (1998). "Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and calmodulin: regulators of the meiotic spindle in mouse eggs." Developmental Biology. 204, 464-477.
Johnson, J., Rhee, J., Parsons, S.M., Brown, D., Olson, E.N., and Rawls, A. (2000). "The Anterior/Posterior Polarity of Somites Is Disrupted in Paraxis-Deficient Mice." Developmental Biology. 229, 176-187.
Johnson, J., Espinoza, T., McGaughey, R.M., Rawls, A., and Wilson-Rawls, J. (2000). "Notch pathway genes are expressed in mammalian ovarian follicles." Mechanisms of Development. 109, 355-361.
Fischer, C., Johnson, J., Stillwell, B., Cerovac, Z., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A. (2004). "ATF4 is required for the differentiation of the lamina propria layer of the vas deferens." Biology of Reproduction. 70, 371-378.
Johnson, J., Canning, J., Kaneko, T., Pru, J.K., Tilly, J.L. (2004). "Germline stem cells and follicular repopulation in the postnatal mammalian ovary." Nature. 428, 145-150.
Johnson, J., Bagley, J., Skaznik-Wikiel, M., Lee, H.-J., Adams, G.B., Niikura, Y., Tschudy, K.S., Canning Tilly, J., Cortes, M. L., Forkert, R., Spitzer, T., Iacomini, J., Scadden, D.T., Tilly, J.L. (2005). "Oocyte Generation in Adult Mammalian Ovaries by Putative Germ Cells in Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood." Cell. 122, 303-315.
Hahn, K.L., Johnson, J., Beres, B., Howard, S., Wilson-Rawls, J. (2005). "Lunatic fringe null female mice are infertile due to defects in meiotic maturation." Development. 132, 817-828.
Kaneko-Tarui, T., Zhang, L., Austin, K.J., Henkes, L.E., Johnson, J., Hansen, T.R., Pru, J.K. (2007). "Maternal and embryonic control of uterine sphingolipid-metabolizing enzymes during murine embryo implantation." Biology of Reproduction. 77, 658-65.
Yaba, A., Bianchi, V., Borini, A., Johnson, J. (2008). "A putative mitotic checkpoint dependent on mTOR function controls cell proliferation and survival in ovarian granulosa cells." Reproductive Sciences. 15,128-38.
Thomson, T.C., Johnson, J. (2010). "Inducible Somatic Oocyte Destruction in response to Rapamycin requires wild-type regulation of follicle cell epithelial polarity." Cell Death and Differentiation. 17, 1717-27.
Oocyte-intrinsic and -extrinsic mechanisms of oocyte loss." Molecular Human Reproduction. 16, 916-27.
Johnson, J., and Patrizio, P. "Ovarian Cryopreservation Strategies and the Fine Control of Ovarian Follicle Development." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1221, 40-6.
McLaughlin, M., Patrizio, P., Kayisli, U., Luk, J., Anderson, R., Thomson, T.C., Telfer, E., Johnson, J. (2011). "mTOR kinase inhibition results in oocyte loss characterized by empty follicles in human ovarian cortical strips cultured *in vitro*." Fertility and Sterility. 96, 1154-1159.e1.
Yaba, A., Kayisli, U.A., Johnson, J., Demir, R., Demir, N. (2011). "The Abelson Tyrosine Kinase (c-Abl) Expression on the Mouse Uterus and Placenta during Gestational Period." Journal of Molecular Histology. 42, 91-6.
Yu, J.X., Yaba, A., Kasiman, C., Thomson, T.C., Johnson, J. (2011). "mTOR controls ovarian follicle growth by regulating granulosa cell proliferation." PLoS ONE. 6, e21415.
Ma, Y., Guess, M., Datar, A., Hennessey, A., Cardenas, A., Johnson, J., Connell, K. (2012). "Knockdown of *HoxA11 In Vivo* in the Uterosacral Ligament and Uterus of Mice Results in Altered Collagen and Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity." Biology of Reproduction. 86, 1-8.
Thomson, T.C., Schneemann, A., Johnson, J. (2012). "Viral Infection Induces the Destruction of Egg Chambers in *Drosophila*." Genesis. 50, 453-465.
Yu, J.X., Thomson, T.C., Johnson, J. (2012). "Cross-talk between estradiol and mTOR kinase in the regulation of ovarian granulosa proliferation." Reproductive Sciences. 19, 143-151.
Dolezal, A., Johnson, J., Hölldobler, B., Amdam, G. (2013). "Division of labor is associated with age-independent changes in ovarian activity in *Pogonomyrmex californicus* harvester ants." Journal of Insect Physiology. 59, 519-524.
Johnson, J., Keefe, D. (2013). "Breaking up is hard to fix" Science Translational Medicine. 5, 172:172fs5
Pastore, L.M., Johnson, J. (2014). "The FMR1 Gene, Infertility and Reproductive Decision-Making: A Review." Frontiers in Genetics. 5:195.
Johnson, J., Chen, X., Xu, X., Emerson, J.W. (2016). "ŌvSim: a Simulation of the Population Dynamics of Mammalian Ovarian Follicles." bioRxiv. DOI: 034249, 2016.
Conca Dioguardi, C., Uslu, B., Haynes, M., Kurus, M., Gul., M., Miao, D-Q., De Santis, L., Ferrari, M., Bellone, S., Santin, A., Giulivi, C., Hoffman, G., Usdin, K., Johnson, J. (2016). "Granulosa Cell and Oocyte Mitochondrial Abnormalities in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Primary Ovarian Insufficiency." Molecular Human Reproduction. 10, 1-11.
Uslu, B., Conca Dioguardi, C., Haynes, M., Miao, D-Q., Kurus, M., Hoffman, G., Johnson, J. (2017). "Quantifying growing versus non-growing ovarian follicles in the mouse." Journal of Ovarian Research. 10, 1-11.
Balakrishnan, B., Nicholas, C., Siddiqi, A., Chen, W., Bales, E., Feng, M., Johnson, J., Lai, K. (2017). "Reversal of aberrant PI3K/Akt signaling by Salubrinal in a GalT-deficient mouse model." BBA - Molecular Basis of Disease, 1863, 12:3286-3293.
Kallen, A., Polotsky, A.J., Johnson, J. (2018). "Untapped Reserves: Controlling Primordial Follicle Growth Activation." Trends in Molecular Medicine, 24:319.
Fink, D.A., Nelson, L.M., Pyeritz, R., Johnson, J., Sherman, S.L., Cohen, Y., Elizur, S.E. (2018). "Fragile X Associated Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (FXPOI): Case Report and Literature Review." Frontiers in Genetics, 9:529
Qin, C., Fan, Y., Xi, X., Chen, Y., Uslu, B., Johnson, J., Kallen, A.N. (2019) "A novel, noncoding-RNA-mediated, post-transcriptional mechanism of AMH regulation by the H19/let-7 axis."Biology of Reproduction, 100, 1:101.
Bauer, J.L., Kuhn, K., Bradford, A.P., Al-Safi, Z.A., Harris, M.A., Eckel, R.H., Robledo, C.Y., Malkhasyan, A., Johnson, J., Gee, N.R., Polotsky, A.J. (2019) "Reduction in FSH throughout the menstrual cycle after Omega-3 Fatty Acid supplementation in young normal weight but not obese women"Reproductive Sciences, 26, 8: 1025-1033.
Qin, C., Fan, Y., Wang, J., Chen, Y., Johnson, J., Kallen, A.N. (2019) "Absence of the long noncoding RNA H19 results in aberrant ovarian STAR and progesterone production." Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 490, 15-20.
Balakrishnan, B., Siddiqi, A., Jessica, M., Lupo, A., Li, E., Hollien, J., Johnson, J., Lai, K. (2019). "Salubrinal attenuates Perk/eIF2$\alpha$-mediated ER stress response and improves fertility in a mouse model of Classic Galactosemia." BBA - Molecular Basis of Disease, 1865, 11:165516.
Santoro, N., Johnson, J. (2019). "Diagnosing Menopause." JAMA, 322: 775-776.
Reig, A., Mamillapalli, R., Coolidge, A., Johnson, J., Taylor, H.S. (2020) Uterine Cells Improved Ovarian Function in a Murine Model of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency. Reproductive Sciences, 26, 1633-1639.
Majidi Zolbin, M., Sahin Ersoy, G., Aliakbari, F., Amidi, F, Daghigh, F, Abbasi, M., Johnson, J. (2020) Basal Characterization and In Vitro Differentiation of Stem Cells Derived from the Adult Mouse Ovary. In Vitro Cellular \& Developmental Biology-Animal, 56, 59-66.
Guerra, D.D., Bok, R., Llerena Cari, E., Nicholas, C., Orlicky, D.J., Johnson, J., Hurt, K.J. (2020) Effect of neuronal nitric oxide synthase serine-1412 phosphorylation on hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian function and the neuroendocrine leptin response. Biology of Reproduction, 102, 6:1281-1289.
Davis, S.M., Soares, K., Howell, S., Cree-Green, M., Buyers, E., Johnson, J. Tartaglia, N.R. (2020) Diminished ovarian reserve in girls and adolescents with Trisomy X Syndrome. Manuscript in press, Reproductive Sciences.
Wright, C.J., Llerena Cari, E., Sandoval, J., Bales, C.E., Sam, P.K., Kallen, A., Polotsky, A., Johnson, J. Control of Primordial Follicle Growth Activation by IkB/NFkB Signaling. Manuscript in press, Reproductive Sciences
Johnson, J., Bales, E.C., Bitler, B. G., Watson, Z.L. Eliciting OTUD3/RIPK-Dependent Necroptosis to Prevent Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Manuscript in preparation; bioRxiv, DOI: 069021, 2020.
Johnson, J., Sam, P.K., Rengasamy, A., Perez, L., Llerena Cari, E., Bales, C.E., Kallen, A., Nel-Themaat, L., Polotsky, A.J., Post, M., Orlicky, D., Jordan, K., Bitler, B. Expression and T-cell Regulatory Action of the PD-1 Immune Checkpoint in the Ovary and Fallopian Tube. Manuscript submitted for publication; preprint available at bioRxiv, DOI: 138123, 2020.
Orlicky, D., Guess, M.K., Bales, C.E., Rascoff, L., Arruda, J.S., Hutchinson-Colas, J., Johnson, J., Connell, K.A. (2021) Using the Novel Pelvic Organ Prolapse Histology Quantification (POP-HQ) System to Identify Phenotypes in Uterosacral Ligaments in Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse. AJOG, 224: 67.e1-67.e18
Halperin, M. (2021) Deeper dive into tissue-level events that incite and promote pelvic organ prolapse. AJOG, 224: 67.e1-67.e18
Hagen-Lillevik, S., Rushing, J., Appiah, L., Longo, N., Andrews, A., Lai, K., Johnson, J. Manuscript in press, Reproduction and Fertility
Llerena Cari, E., Hagen-Lillevik, S., Giornazi, A., Post, M., Komar, A.A., Appiah, L., Bitler, B., Polotsky, A.J., Santoro, N., Kieft., J, Lai, K., Johnson, J. Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2021, Molecular Human Reproduction
Clain, L., Johnson, J., Roeca, C. Volume 117, Issue 4, March 2022, Fertility and Sterility
Rajkovic, A. (2022) Primordial follicle activation: to be or not to be takes another twist. BOR, 2022: 1-3
Hagen-Lillevik, S., Rushing, J., Llerena Cari, E., Lersten, I., Polotsky, A.J., Lai, K., Johnson, J. (2022) Evidence of Fluctuating Integrated Stress Response Activity in Murine Primordial Ovarian Follicles. ResearchSquare Preprints, 2022.
Hagen-Lillevik, S., Johnson, J., Siddiqi, A., Persinger, J., Hale, G., Lai, K. (2022) Harnessing the Power of Purple Sweet Potato Color and Myo-Inositol to Treat Classic Galactosemia. Int J Mol Sci, 23, 8654.
Johnson, J., Emerson, J., Lawley, S.D. (2022) Recapitulating Human Ovarian Aging Using Random Walks. PeerJ, 10:e13941
McMellen, A., Yamamoto, T.M., Qamar, L., Sanders, B.E., Nguyen, L.L, Ortiz Chavez, D., Bapat, J., Berning, A., Post, M.D., Johnson, J., Behbakht, K., Nurmemmedov, E., Bitler, B.G. (2023) ATF6-mediated signaling contributes to PARP Inhibitor Resistance in Ovarian Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research, 21(1): 3–13.
Johnson, J., Kim, S-Y., Sam, P.K., Rengasamy, A., Perez, L., Llerena Cari, E., Bales, C.E., Kallen, A., Nel-Themaat, L., Polotsky, A.J., Post, M., Orlicky, D., Jordan, K., Bitler, B. (2022) Expression and T-cell Regulatory Action of the PD-1 Immune Checkpoint in the Ovary and Fallopian Tube. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 89(3), e13649.
Lawley, S.D., Johnson, J. Manuscript in press; Biology of Reproduction.
Lawley, S.D., Johnson, J. (2023) Slowest first passage times, redundancy, and menopause timing. J. Math. Biol. 86, 90 (2023).
Orlicky, D., Smith, E.E., Bok, R., Guess, M., Rascoff, M.G., Arruda, J.S., Hutchinson-Colas, J.A., Johnson, J., Connell, K.A. Estrogen and Androgen Receptor Status in Uterosacral Ligaments of Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse stratified by the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Histology Quantification System. Reproductive Sciences. 10.1007/s43032-023-01283-z (2023).
Lawley, S.D., Sammel, M.D., Santoro, N., Johnson, J. Mathematical recapitulation of the end stages of human ovarian aging. Manuscript in press, Science Advances (2024).
Johnson, J., Lawley, S.D., Emerson, J.E., Oktay, K. Modeling delay of age of natural menopause with planned tissue cryopreservation and autologous transplantation. Manuscript in press, AJOG (2024).
Talk at Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University and the University of Idaho., Pullman, WA
Talk at University of Milan/Universita San Raffaele, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere., Milan, Italy
Talk at Expert Working Group on IVDOs, OvaScience, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Talk at International Congress on Human Endometrium and Ongoing Pregnancy., Havana, Cuba
Talk at UC-Denver, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aurora, CO
Talk at University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Talk at University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Talk at Third International Conference on FMR1 Premutation, Jerusalem, Israel
Talk at Fragile X Interdisciplinary Research Alliance of Colorado Meeting, Aurora, CO, USA
Talk at Colorado State University ARBL Invited Seminar, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Talk at SRI/SSR Joint Session Minisymposium, SRI 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, Paris, France
Talk at AUGS/IUGA Joint Scientific Meeting 2019, Nashville, TN, USA
Talk at 2019 ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Talk at Fertility Preservation and Late Effects Conference, CU-Anschutz Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aurora, CO, USA
Talk at SRI 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA, USA
Fellowship Research Director, Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine (AMC) March 2020-present.
Peer Reviewer for NIH/NICHD Study Sections, 2011-present; The Qatar National Research Fund; 2011, 2012 funding cycles; Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 2013, 2014; Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme (Veni Mechanism), 2014-2016 funding cycle; Kansas-IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) Bridging program, 2014-2015 reviewer. Physicians’ Services Incorporated (PSI) Foundation, 2015 Resident Research Program. 2020 CU-Anschutz K2R Program reviewer.
Medical Student Thesis Evaluation Committee Chairman, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, August 2009 - August 2016
Manuscript Reviewer for Cell Cycle, Cell Death and Differentiation, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Fertility and Sterility, Genesis, Human Reproduction, Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Molecular Human Reproduction, Nature Protocols, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Reproduction, Cancer Cell International, Reproductive Sciences, Science, Science Translational Medicine, Scientific Reports.