supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32473194);Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY23C190002);Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo City (202003N4011);One Health Interdisciplinary Research Project of Ningbo University (HZ202201)。
NLRP3 inflammasome activation is pivotal for cytokine secretion and pyroptosis in response to diverse stimuli,playing a crucial role in innate immunity.While extensively studied in mammals,the regulatory mechanisms go...
supported by UK-Japan Research Collaboration Grants from the Ministry of the Environment,Japan,and JSPS KAKENHI grant No.18H02281 awarded to T.K.
Gonadal soma-derived factor(Gsdf)is a member of the transforming growth factor beta(TGF-β)superfamily and a teleost-specific gene.Early studies suggested that Gsdf promotes spermatogonial proliferation;however recent...
supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas from the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology of Japan(JSPS KAKENHI grant number 20K06719 to TT);We also acknowledge a scholarship from Bangabandhu Science and Technology Fellowship Trust,Ministry of Science and Technology,Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for Saokat Ahamed(memo no:08//04-01-2021).
The main neuroendocrine pathways of induction of reproductive behavior in fish are elucidated.17α,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17,20β-DHP),an oocyte maturation-inducing hormone,was found to act as a pheromone to ...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(2022YFD2400804);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32022086,31972822);Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(20ZR1417500)。
Mammalian T-cell responses require synergism between the first signal and co-stimulatory signal.However,whether and how dual signaling regulates the T-cell response in early vertebrates remains unknown.In the present ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32122021);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC3400300);the 1000 Talent Project of Shaanxi Province to Q.Q.and K.W.,the Fundamental Research Funds of Northwestern Polytechnic University;the Open Foundation from Marine Sciences in the First-Class Subjects of Zhejiang(OFMS011)。
Although most fishes are ectothermic,some,including tuna and billfish,achieve endothermy through specialized heat producing tissues that are modified muscles.How these heat producing tissues evolved,and whether they s...
supported by the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System (CARS-45-01);Hubei Hongshan Laboratory (2021hszd001);National Natural Science Foundation of China (31872559, 41825013 and U21A20263);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD0900102);Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture (NZ2021011);Special Project of Science and Technology Innovation of the Ministry of Education (2021ZL08);Wuhan Applied Foundational Frontier Project (2020020601012253);Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS (ZDBSLY-DQC004)
Intermuscular bones(IBs)are mineralized spicules,present in the myosepta of many,but not all,teleost species.IBs are often small and sharp,and they consequently limit how the fish can be processed;the IBs may cause in...
Department of Science and Technology-SERB No:CRG/2020/0004363,Govt.of India。
The process of sex determination(SD)and sex differentiation(Sd)with associated sex-specific behaviour in teleosts is brought about by genetic factors and environmental factors under the influence of chemical messenger...
Minor Research Grant,Institution of Eminence(IoE/FRP/LS/2020/27)by University of Delhi.
Among vertebrates,teleosts display a wide array of sex determination and differentiation mechanisms ranging from chromosomal sex determination on one end of the spectrum to environmental sex determination on the other...
SK and PS are grateful to the University of Hyderabad for Non-NET fellowships.NA is thankful to the Junior Research Fellowship support by a grant-in-aid(BT/PR15748/AAQ/3/803/2016)from the Department of Biotechnology(DBT);India awarded to BS.BS is also a recipient of TATA innovation fellowship(BT/HRD/35/01/02/2013)from DBT,India(during the years:2014-2019)which is acknowledged.
Endocrine disruptors(EDs)are synthetic or natural chemical molecules occurring in environment that have the potential to impart adverse effects on homeostasis of endocrine axis leading to neurological,developmental,im...
The aim of the present paper was to check for the presence of cerebrovascular dystroglycan in vertebrates,because dystroglycan,which is localized in the vascular astroglial end-feet,has a pivotal function in glio-vasc...