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This study investigated the effects of clofibrate treatment on blood lipids, hepatic enzyme activities and relative expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism of grass carp fed with high non-protein ener...
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To facilitate infection, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), the bacterial blight pathogen of rice, needs to degrade hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generated by the host defense response via a mechanism that is mediat...
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Fat deposition pattern and mechanism in response to dietary lipid levels in grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idellus
This study aimed to evaluate the fat deposition pattern and lipid metabolic strategies of grass carp in response to dietary lipid levels. Five isonitrogenous diets (260 g kg−1 crude protein) containing five dieta...
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Modulation of appetite, lipid and glucose metabolism of juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) by different dietary protein levels
This study was undertaken to explore the systemic metabolic strategies of juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) to maintain growth when fed with different dietary protein levels. The optimal growth group...
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Preproghrelin, a gut/brain peptide, plays an important role in the regulation of food intake and energy homeostasis in teleost and mammals. In the present study, we obtained the full-length preproghrelin cDNA in ...
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Differential miRNA expression analysis of extracellular vesicles from brain microvascular pericytes in spontaneous hypertensive rats
This study is to explore the exact roles of extracellular vesicle (EVs) miRNAs from brain microvascular pericytes in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
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Erwinia amylovora is a plant pathogenic bacterium that causes the disease fire blight in a wide range of Rosaceous plants including apples and pears. This pathogen utilizes the hypersensitive response and pathoge...