Katarzyńska-Banasik, Dorota Grzesiak, Małgorzata Kowalik, Kinga Sechman, Andrzej
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Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
This study aimed to determine the in vivo effect of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on the concentration of sex steroids (progesterone - P4, estradiol - E2, testosterone - T) and thyroid hormones (thyroxine - T4, triiodothyronine - T3) in the blood plasma as well as the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and protein expression of HSD3β, CYP17A1 and CYP...
Li, Yuanfang Jin, Wenjiao Zhai, Bin Chen, Yi Li, Guoxi Zhang, Yanhua Guo, Yujie Sun, Guirong Han, Ruili Li, Zhuanjian
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BMC Genomics
BackgroundChicken skeletal muscle is an important economic product. The late stages of chicken development constitute the main period that affects meat production. LncRNAs play important roles in controlling the epigenetic process of growth and development. However, studies on the role of lncRNAs in the late stages of chicken breast muscle developm...
Chungu, Kelly Park, Young Hyun Woo, Seung Je Lee, Su Bin Rengaraj, Deivendran Lee, Hong Jo Han, Jae Yong
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BMC Biotechnology
BackgroundThe initial step of influenza infection is binding of the virus to specific sialic acid receptors expressed by host cells. This is followed by cell entry via endocytosis. Cleavage of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) protein is critical for infection; this is performed by host cell proteases during viral replication. In cell culture ...
Zhang, Kun Shi, Yan Xu, Puzhi Huang, Cheng Zhou, Changming Liu, Ping Hu, Ruiming Zhuang, Yu Li, Guyue Hu, Guoliang
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International journal of biological macromolecules
Liver kinase B1 (LKB1) is a member of the serine/threonine kinase family, which plays an indispensable role in the organism of animals. In the current study, the chicken LKB1 protein gene was amplified by PCR based on the primers and cDNA templates. Then, the cloning vector was constructed and the target gene was cloned. After that, the target gene...
Yu, Yan Xu, Zhiyong Ou, Changbo Wang, Qiuxia Zhang, Yanhong Guo, Feng Gao, Pei Ma, Jinyou
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General and comparative endocrinology
The present study aimed to investigate the effect of ghrelin on the degree of bursa of Fabricius (BF) fibrosis in infectious bursal disease virus-infected chickens. Specific pathogen free (SPF) chicks were divided into four groups. One group was used as the control ("C"). The other three groups were inoculated with IBDV on the 19th day, of which tw...
Yang, Fan Liao, Jianzhao Yu, Wenlan Qiao, Na Guo, Jianying Han, Qingyue Li, Ying Hu, Lianmei Pan, Jiaqiang Tang, Zhaoxin
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Journal of hazardous materials
Copper (Cu), a transition metal with essential cellular functions, exerts toxic effects when present in excess by inducing oxidative stress. However, the Cu-induced crosstalk between mitophagy and apoptosis and the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Here, the mechanism of Cu-induced hepatotoxicity mediated by mitophagy and apoptosis was explored in...
Shao, Lei Zhao, Jing Li, Lihua Huang, Xiuying Yang, Huiming Cheng, Jinlong Liu, Changqing Zhang, Guozhong
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Veterinary Research
Continued reports of infections with infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) variants have occurred since its first isolation in the 1930s. Currently, QX-like IBVs are the predominant circulating genotype around the world. Here, the pathogenicity of QX-like IBV strain SD was characterized in chickens at different ages of exposure to the virus, and the pr...
Wolak, Dominika Sechman, Andrzej Hrabia, Anna
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Animal reproduction science
Several metalloproteinases (MMPs) are present and functional in the chicken ovary and regulate the extracellular matrix (ECM) during follicle development, ovulation, atresia, and regression. The regulation of the abundance of MMPs in avian ovarian follicles, however, is largely unknown. The aim of the present study was to examine effects of equine ...
Wang, Yuanmei Liu, Liying Li, Min Lin, Lili Su, Pengcheng Tang, Hui Fan, Xinzhong Li, Xianyao
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BMC Genomics
BackgroundSalmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) is one of the pathogenic bacteria, which affects poultry production and poses a severe threat to public health. Chicken meat and eggs are the main sources of human salmonellosis. DNA methylation is involved in regulatory processes including gene expression, chromatin structure and genomic impri...
Taira, K. Ueda, M. Ooi, H. K.
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Helminthologia
The larvae of the genus Baylisascaris can cause larva migrans in mammals and birds. This study investigated the larval migration of Baylisascaris potosis, the roundworm of kinkajou (Potos flavus), in chickens and the associated clinical manifestations of the host. Thirty-six 3-week-old chickens divided into 6 groups were orally inoculated with 3,00...
