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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cui Liu, Haokun Liu, Xiaoming Zhu, Dong Han, Junyan Jin, Yunxia Yang, Shouqi Xie
Summary: This study investigated the effects of A. platensis on pigmentation, antioxidant capacity, and stress response in fish after air exposure. The results showed that A. platensis had no effect on fish growth but reduced lactic acid and cortisol levels caused by air exposure stress. It also increased antioxidant enzyme activities and protected against oxidative stress caused by air exposure.
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Fisheries
Qingchao Shi, Jun Wang, Chuanjie Qin, Chuanqi Yu, Shuqi Wang, Jingtao Jia
Summary: The study demonstrates that dietary supplementation with SHE can significantly improve growth performance, stimulate immune parameters, and enhance hepatic antioxidant status in yellow catfish.
AQUACULTURE REPORTS
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xu Zhou, Xin-Xin Jiang, Gui-Rong Zhang, Wei Ji, Ze-Chao Shi, Xu-Fa Ma, Kai-Jian Wei
Summary: In this study, it was found that the IL-17N gene in teleosts played an important role in preventing pathogen invasion. The IL-17N protein promoted inflammatory responses and enhanced immune cell phagocytosis and chemotaxis. It also regulated inflammatory responses through the NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2022)
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Immunology
Mingyang Xue, Yeying Wu, Yizhan Hong, Yan Meng, Chen Xu, Nan Jiang, Yiqun Li, Wenzhi Liu, Yuding Fan, Yong Zhou
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of dietary probiotic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens on yellow catfish. The results showed that feeding B. amyloliquefaciens improved the growth performance, digestive enzyme activity, immune responses, intestinal microbiota composition, and disease resistance of yellow catfish.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Yeyu Chen, Xiaoyun Wu, Jiansheng Lai, Boqin Yan, Quan Gong
Summary: During dam discharging period, high-speed water aeration results in the supersaturation of total dissolved gas (TDG) in downstream water, causing gas bubble disease (GBD) in fish. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the physiological effect of TDG supersaturation on fish remains poorly understood. This study comprehensively investigated the impact of TDG supersaturation on the yellow catfish at different levels, revealing severe physiological damage and the enhancement of heat shock proteins, immune functions, and energy metabolic pathways as defense mechanisms.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Physiology
Dexiang Feng, Yangping Yu, Kaifang Liu, Yi Su, Tianyu Fan, Xusheng Guo, Ming Li
Summary: This experiment aimed to investigate the effects of dietary leucine on growth, antioxidant capacity, immune response, and inflammation in juvenile yellow catfish. The results showed that weight gain rate, specific growth rate, and activities of liver superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and serum lysozyme, as well as immunoglobulin M content, increased significantly with increasing dietary leucine levels up to 26.00 g kg(-1), but decreased with further increase in dietary leucine. Conversely, the lowest malondialdehyde content was found in the 26.00 and 33.00 g kg(-1) leucine groups. The expression levels of IGF 1 and MYF 5 genes in muscle were upregulated with increasing dietary leucine levels up to 26.00 g kg(-1), while the expression of MSTN level showed the opposite trend. The lowest expression levels of IL 8 and TNF alpha genes in the liver were found in the 26.00 g kg(-1) leucine groups. The quadratic regression analysis indicated that the optimal dietary leucine requirement was estimated to be 26.84-27.00 g kg(-1) of the dry diet.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Siying Hu, Dan Luo, Qikui Zhu, Jie Pan, Bonan Chen, Michael Furian, Harsh Vivek Harkare, Shoukai Sun, Adel Fansa, Xiaoping Wu, Baili Yu, Tianhong Ma, Fei Wang, Shihua Shi
Summary: This study found that Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) can effectively prevent the incidence of COVID-19, reduce the incidence of influenza and severe pneumonia. However, the quality of evidence is limited and more high-quality clinical trials are needed to support these findings.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Shuo Yuan, Qi Wang, Jiao Li, Jia-Chen Xue, You Li, Huan Meng, Xiao-Ting Hou, Ji-Xing Nan, Qing-Gao Zhang
Summary: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic recurrent inflammatory disease that poses a heavy burden on patients. Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula (CHMF) has advantages in IBD treatment due to its symptomatic approach. However, the multi-component and multi-target nature of CHMF makes it challenging to study its treatment of IBD.
Article
Fisheries
Peijia Li, Dongqiang Hou, Hongxia Zhao, Hairui Wang, Kai Peng, Junming Cao
Summary: Dietary Clostridium butyricum has positive effects on growth performance and resistance to ammonia stress in yellow catfish by increasing intestinal short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) productions, upregulating genes encoding tight junction proteins, downregulating transcription of proinflammatory factors Il-1 and Il-8, and inhibiting the Mlck/Nf-kappa b signaling pathway.
AQUACULTURE NUTRITION
(2022)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Liqian Chen, Zhengmao Luo, Ming Wang, Jingru Cheng, Fei Li, Hanqi Lu, Qiuxing He, Yanting You, Xinghong Zhou, Hiu Yee Kwan, Xiaoshan Zhao, Lin Zhou
Summary: Chinese herbal medicines have shown promising clinical efficacies in reducing serum uric acid levels in patients with elevated levels. Clinical studies indicate that Chinese herbal medicines are effective in lowering serum uric acid levels, and experimental studies have revealed the mechanistic signaling pathways involved in this process.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
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Immunology
Shengtao Guo, Wenxue Gao, Mengsha Zeng, Fenglin Liu, Qingzhuoma Yang, Lei Chen, Zesong Wang, Yanjun Jin, Peng Xiang, Hanxi Chen, Zhengyong Wen, Qiong Shi, Zhaobin Song
Summary: In this study, the TLR1 gene was identified in hybrid yellow catfish. Expression pattern analysis showed that TLR1 is mainly transcribed in the gonad, gallbladder, and kidney, and its mRNA levels were up-regulated after infection, indicating its involvement in inflammatory responses. Homologous sequence alignment and chromosomal location confirmed the conservation of the TLR signaling pathway in hybrid yellow catfish. These findings provide basic data for understanding the immune roles of TLR1 in teleosts and developing strategies to control disease outbreaks in hybrid yellow catfish.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Yong Chen, Baojiang Wang, Wing-Fu Lai, Yanjuan Chen, Rongbin Pan, Zhongsheng Tang, Dongzhou Liu
Summary: Traditional Chinese herbal medicine Gancao nourishing yin possesses antioxidant effects and shows potential application in the treatment of cognitive degeneration and aging-related disorders.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jie Sun, Jiangong Ren, Xuejian Hu, Yuanhua Hou, Yan Yang
Summary: With the improvement of people's living standards and changes in the environment, the incidence of diabetes has rapidly increased, becoming one of the main diseases threatening the health of modern people. Although existing treatment methods can control symptoms and delay disease progression, they have not significantly improved quality of life for patients. Chinese herbal medicines and their extracts, combining traditional experience with modern scientific research, are expected to bring a qualitative leap in the clinical management of diabetes.
BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Shengtao Guo, Mengsha Zeng, Lei Chen, Hanxi Chen, Wenxue Gao, Zhongyi Wang, Qiong Shi, Zhaobin Song
Summary: This study examines the expression profiling of the fadd gene in hybrid yellow catfish and reveals its up-regulation after bacterial infections. Important genes in the TLR signaling pathway in the liver are significantly up-regulated after A. hydrophila stimulation, suggesting the activation of apoptosis.
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Jinjin Dou, Zhiming Zhang, Xianrong Xu, Xiwu Zhang
Summary: This study collected experimental research results related to alopecia and screened effective herbal combinations. The results showed that some herbal combinations appeared frequently and were closely related to vascular drugs. This study further elucidated the therapeutic mechanisms of herbs and compounds for alopecia and provided higher quality evidence for the treatment of alopecia.
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
