Defining and addressing research priorities in cancer cachexia through transdisciplinary collaboration

MA Park, CJ Whelan, S Ahmed, T Boeringer, J Brown… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cachexia occurs in up to 80% of patients with cancer. Although cancer-
associated cachexia dramatically decreases overall survival and quality of life, it is often …

Inter-organ differences in redox imbalance and apoptosis depict metabolic resilience in migratory redheaded buntings

A Kumar, N Bhardwaj, S Rajaura, M Afzal, NJ Gupta - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Migration, a bird's metabolic apex, depends primarily on the liver and muscle for fuel
mobilization and endurance flight. In migratory redheaded buntings, adaptive increase in …

Sarcolipin relates to fattening, but not sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase uncoupling, in captive migratory gray catbirds

CR Elowe, M Stager… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
In order to complete their energetically demanding journeys, migratory birds undergo a suite
of physiological changes to prepare for long-duration endurance flight, including …

Fuel stores and time of day account for variation in serum metabolomes of passerine migrants stopping over

SV Zimin, A Zimin, E Shochat, Y Brotman… - Journal of Avian …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Migratory birds excel in phenotypic flexibility, adapting physiologically as their life histories
and environments require. Discerning the metabolic processes underlying migrants' …

Brain gene expression reveals pathways underlying nocturnal migratory restlessness

V Marasco, L Fusani, P Haubensak, G Pola, S Smith - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Migration is one of the most extreme and energy demanding life history strategies to have
evolved in the animal kingdom. In birds, champions of long-distance migrations, the …

Effect of Photoperiod and Illuminance on Daily Activity Patterns, Physiology, and NPY Peptide Expression in Migratory Redheaded Buntings (Emberiza bruniceps)

P Gupta, S Sur, A Naseem, S Malik - Neuroendocrinology, 2024 - karger.com
Introduction: Light is the primary source of energy and regulates seasonal changes in
physiology and behavior. The role of photoperiod has been much investigated in several …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of daytime light intensity on daily behaviours and concurrent hypothalamic gene expressions in migratory redheaded bunting

J Tiwari, S Sur, A Naseem, P Gupta, S Fatima… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Animals use photic cues to time their daily and seasonal activity. The role of photoperiod has
been much investigated in seasonal responses, but the role of light intensity is less …

Altered dynamics of mitochondria and reactive oxygen species in the erythrocytes of migrating red-headed buntings

N Bhardwaj, A Kumar, NJ Gupta - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Blood antioxidants provide propensity to mitigate reactive oxygen species
(ROS) apart from other oxidative challenges during a high-energy state of migration in night …

Photoperiod-driven concurrent changes in hypothalamic and brainstem transcription of sleep and immune genes in migratory redheaded bunting

J Tiwari, S Sur, A Yadav, R Kumar… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The molecular regulation of sleep in avian migrants is still obscure. We thus investigated this
in migratory redheaded buntings, where four life-history states (LHS; ie non-migratory, pre …

Seasonal plasticity and energy efficiency in migratory buntings is an assemblage of alterations in metabolic and gut microbe adaptations

NJ Gupta, S Das, M Das, R Arya, A Kumar, RK Nanda - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Circulatory system is the source of useful metabolites to enable organismal energy demands
of muscle during different life states of birds including migration. In this study, we profiled the …