Role of p38 MAPK signalling in testis development and male fertility

D Luo, Z He, C Yu, Q Guan - Oxidative medicine and cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The testis is an important male reproductive organ, which ensures reproductive function via
the secretion of testosterone and the generation of spermatozoa. Testis development begins …

Actions and roles of FSH in germinative cells

K Recchia, AS Jorge, LVF Pessôa, RC Botigelli… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is produced by the pituitary gland in a coordinated
hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis event, plays important roles in reproduction and …

Znhit1 controls meiotic initiation in male germ cells by coordinating with Stra8 to activate meiotic gene expression

S Sun, Y Jiang, Q Zhang, H Pan, X Li, L Yang… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
The switch from mitosis to meiosis ensures the successive formation of gametes. However, it
remains unclear how meiotic initiation occurs within the context of chromatin. Recent studies …

Delving into vitamin A supplementation in poultry nutrition: current knowledge, functional effects, and practical implications

Y Shastak, W Pelletier - World's Poultry Science Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Vitamin A, also known as retinol, is crucial for maintaining various physiological functions,
including vision, immunity, epithelial cell growth and differentiation, reproduction, and bone …

Sertoli cell and spermatogonial development in pigs

Y Zheng, Q Gao, T Li, R Liu, Z Cheng, M Guo… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Springer
Background Spermatogenesis is an intricate developmental process during which
undifferentiated spermatogonia, containing spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), undergo self …

Histology and metabonomics reveal the toxic effects of kresoxim-methyl on adult zebrafish

N Fang, C Zhang, H Hu, Y Li, X Wang, X Zhao, J Jiang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Studies have shown that kresoxim-methyl (KM) and other strobilurin fungicides have toxic
effects on aquatic organisms. However, the potential deleterious effects of kresoxim-methyl …

Histology and multi-omic profiling reveal the mixture toxicity of tebuconazole and difenoconazole in adult zebrafish

J Jiang, L Chen, X Liu, L Wang, S Wu, X Zhao - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The combination effects of triazole fungicides on aquatic organisms remain largely
unknown. In current study, an integrated histological, transcriptome, metabonomics and …

The role of vitamin A in non-ruminant immunology

Y Shastak, W Pelletier - Frontiers in Animal Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Vitamin A (retinol) is an essential micronutrient with a crucial role in the immune system of
non-ruminant animals, such as swine and poultry. It includes three chemical compounds …

Action and interaction between retinoic acid signaling and blood–testis barrier function in the spermatogenesis cycle

Y Zhou, Y Wang - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spermatogenesis is a complex process occurring in mammalian testes, and constant sperm
production depends on the exact regulation of the microenvironment in the testes. Many …

Single-cell ATAC-Seq reveals cell type-specific transcriptional regulation and unique chromatin accessibility in human spermatogenesis

X Wu, M Lu, D Yun, S Gao, S Chen, L Hu… - Human molecular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
During human spermatogenesis, germ cells undergo dynamic changes in chromatin
organization/re-packaging and in transcriptomes. In order to better understand the …