FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRYHe, Fei-Xiang Jiang, Dong-Neng Huang, Yuan-Qing Mustapha, Umar Farouk Yang, Wei Cui, Xue-Fan Tian, Chang-Xu Chen, Hua-Pu Shi, Hong-Juan Deng, Si-Ping Li, Guang-Li Zhu, Chun-Hua 出版年:2019
Scatophagus argus is a new emerging aquaculture fish in East and Southeast Asia. To date, research on reproductive development and regulation in S. argus is lacking. Additionally, genetic and genomic information about re...
D The Scatophagus argus is a cultured marine teleost fish in which females grow faster and larger than males, therefore cloning the master sex-determination (SD) gene will be helpful for its sex control in aquaculture. A...
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGYLi, Jian-Tao Yang, Zhao Chen, Hua-Pu Zhu, Chun-Hua Deng, Si-Ping Li, Guang-Li Tao, Ya-Xiong 出版年:2016
Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) plays an important role in the regulation of food intake and energy expenditure in mammals. The functions of the MC4R in fish have not been investigated extensively. We herein reported on t...
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGYDeng, Si-ping Chen, Hua-pu Zhai, Yi Jia, Li-ying Liu, Jian-ye Wang, Mei Jiang, Dong-neng Wu, Tian-li Zhu, Chun-hua Li, Guang-li 出版年:2018
Spexin (Spx), a novel neuropeptide, composed of 14 amino acid residues, is evolutionally conserved from fish to mammals It has been suggested that Spx has pleiotropic functions in mammals. However, reports about Spx are ...
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGYYang, Qiuhua Lu, Yongling Zhang, Ming Gong, Yi Li, Zhongzhen Ngoc Tuan Tran He, Yuyong Zhu, Chunhua Lu, Yishan Zhang, Yueling Li, Shengkang 出版年:2019
Mud crabs (Scylla paramamosain), a commercially important cultured species in the southeastern region of China, is usually infected by Vibriosis or parasites, causing great economic losses in cultured farms. Previous stu...
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGYRuan, Yao Wong, Nai-Kei Zhang, Xin Zhu, Chunhua Wu, Xiaofen Ren, Chunhua Luo, Peng Jiang, Xiao Ji, Jiatai Wu, Xugan Hu, Chaoqun Chen, Ting 出版年:2020
Oocyte maturation and ovarian development are sequentially coordinated events critical to reproduction. In the ovaries of adult oviparous animals such as birds, bony fish, insects, and crustaceans, vitellogenin receptor ...
The leopard coral grouper,Plectropomus leopardus, belonging to the family Epinephelinae, is a carnivorous coral reef fish widely distributed in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. Due to its appealing bo...
Aquaculture production of crustaceans (mainly shrimp and crabs) has expanded globally, but disease outbreaks and pathogenic infections have hampered production in the last two decades. As invertebrates, crustaceans lack ...
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGYLi, G. -L. Zhang, M. -Z. Deng, S. -P. Chen, H. -P. Zhu, C. -H. 出版年:2015
In this study, the complete foxl2 complementary (c)DNA sequence was isolated by simple modular-architecture research tool (SMART)er rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). Two year-old female spotted scat, Scatophagus a...
The effects of different concentrations of dietary fish oil (0, 2%, or 6%) on ovarian development in 2-year-old female Scatophagus argus were investigated. The levels of serum sex steroid hormones (estradiol-17 beta, E-2...
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGYCui, Xue-Fan Zhao, Yuan Chen, Hua-Pu Deng, Si-Ping Jiang, Dong-Neng Wu, Tian-Li Zhu, Chun-Hua Li, Guang-Li 出版年:2017
Estrogen receptors (Er) play a critical role in vitellogenesis. Three ers (er alpha, er beta 1 and er beta 2) and vitellogenins (vtg-A, vtg-B and vtg-C) subtypes were isolated in various fish species, while the contribut...
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGYWang, Mei Chen, Hua-Pu Zhai, Yi Jiang, Dong-neng Liu, Jian-Ye Tian, Chang-Xu Wu, Tian-li Zhu, Chun-Hua Deng, Si-Ping Li, Guang-Li 出版年:2019
Phoenixin (Pnx), a recently discovered neuropeptide, has been implicated in reproduction. Pnx mainly exists in two active isoforms, phoenixin-14 (Pnx-14) and phoenixin-20 (Pnx-20). However, little is known about the func...
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that regulate diverse cellular processes, including organismal stress response, through posttranscriptional repression of gene transcripts. They are known to have antiviral fun...
ANIMALSHuang, Yuanqing Jiang, Dongneng Li, Ming Mustapha, Umar Farouk Tian, Changxu Chen, Huapu Huang, Yang Deng, Siping Wu, Tianli Zhu, Chunhua Li, Guangli 出版年:2019
Simple Summary The spotted scat, Scatophagus argus, is a marine aquaculture fish species that is economically important in Asia. As the spotted scat exhibits notable sexual dimorphism with respect to growth, aquaculture ...
Immune priming has now been demonstrated as a form of immune memory in a wide range of invertebrate species that lack acquired immune systems. Owing to the specific activation of innate immunity upon reinfection, immune ...
Phoenixin (Pnx) is an endogenous peptide known to be involved in reproduction and food intake in rats, with two active isoforms, phoenixin-14 (Pnx-14) and phoenixin-20 (Pnx-20). However, little is known about the functio...
FISHERIES SCIENCEDeng, Si-Ping Wu, Bo Zhu, Chun-Hua Li, Guang- 出版年:2014
Spotted scat Scatophagus argus exhibits a typical sexual growth dimorphism in which the females grow faster than the males. Growth hormone (GH) is best known as an anterior pituitary hormone fundamental in regulating gro...
Melanocortin-4 receptor (Mc4r) function related to reproduction in fish has not been extensively investigated. Here, we report on gene expression changes by real-time PCR following treatment with Mc4r agonists and antago...
Body color is an important economic and ecological trait in aquatic animals, which influence their economic values and determine the animal ability to survive in the marine environment. Red-colored Plectropomus leopardus...
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONHuang, Yuanqing Mustapha, Umar Farouk Huang, Yang Tian, Changxu Yang, Wei Chen, Huapu Deng, Siping Zhu, Chunhua Jiang, Dongneng Li, Guangli 出版年:2021
The spotted scat, Scatophagus argus is a member of the family Scatophagidae found in Indo-Pacific coastal waters. It is an emerging commercial aquaculture species, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. In this study, ...
JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGYYang Wei Chen Huapu Cui Xuefan Zhang Kewei Jiang Dongneng Deng Siping Zhu Chunhua Li Guangli 出版年:2018
Spotted scat (Scatophagus argus) is an economically important farmed fish, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Because there has been little research on reproductive development and regulation in this species, the l...