Publications by authors named "Cheng-Pu Lu"

The expansion of Chinese spiny frog () aquaculture has increased the prevalence and severity of diseases such as "skin rot" disease, which is triggered by harmful bacteria. Previous studies have mainly focused on pathogen identification and vaccine development. However, frog immune responses following pathogenic bacterial infection have hardly been investigated.

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Cathelicidins are important antimicrobial peptides in various vertebrate species where they are crucial parts of the innate immune system. The current understanding of amphibian cathelicidins is limited, particularly with regard to their immunomodulatory effects. To address this knowledge gap, we produced the cDNA sequence of the cathelicidin gene from a skin transcriptome of the Chinese spiny frog Quasipaa spinosa.

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Recently, populations of Chinese spiny frogs (Quasipaa spinosa), an important amphibian species in China, have decreased, mainly due to a disease caused by the gram-negative bacteria Proteus mirabilis. To elucidate the immune response of the frogs, this study aimed to identify novel candidate genes functionally associated with P. mirabilis infection-induced "rotting skin" disease.

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