Publications by authors named "Zhenglong Xia"

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  • The study investigates growth differences in male giant freshwater prawns (GFP) by analyzing gut microbiota and serum metabolites, as these factors are linked to their economic importance.
  • Researchers found that the dominant gut bacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, are associated with higher growth rates, particularly noting a higher Firmicutes/Bacteroides ratio in faster-growing prawns.
  • The integration of transcriptomics and multiomic techniques revealed that certain metabolites, specifically butyrate, may enhance gut health and affect physiological balance, leading to variations in metabolic profiles among GFPs and improving understanding of their growth mechanisms.
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The Macrobrachium rosenbergii industry is threatened by various Aeromonas, resulting in high mortality of adult prawns. However, there are few studies on the immune response of M. rosenbergii infected with Aeromonas dhakensis.

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To further investigate the immune response of against , comparative transcriptomic analyses of the hepatopancreas were conducted on challenge and control groups at 6, 12, and 24 h post-infection (hpi), independently. A total of 51,707 high-quality unigenes were collected from the RNA-seq data, and 8060 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were discovered through paired comparisons. Among the three comparison groups, a KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that 173 immune-related DEGs were considerably clustered into 28 immune-related pathways, including the lysosome, the phagosome, etc.

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Water temperature, as an important environmental factor, affects the growth and metabolism of aquatic animals and even their survival. The giant freshwater prawn (GFP) is a kind of warm-water species, and its survival temperature ranges from 18 °C to 34 °C. In this study, we performed transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses to clarify the potential molecular mechanism of responding to low-temperature stress in adult GFP.

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To investigate the key gut microbiota and metabolites associated with the growth performance of families, 16S rRNA sequencing and LC-MS metabolomic methods were used. In this study, 90 families were bred to evaluate growth performance. After 92 days of culture, high (H), medium (M), and low (L) experimental groups representing three levels of growth performance, respectively, were collected according to the weight gain and specific growth rate of families.

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Oxidative damage and cell death are involved in the pathogenesis of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD). Ferroptosis is a newly identified mode of cell death that results from the oxidative damage induced by excessive iron. In HIBD, iron accumulates in brain tissues due to the massive destruction of red blood cells and increased permeability of the blood brain barrier vasculature, which can trigger ferroptosis.

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Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) is a crucial adaptor protein for Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated signaling pathways and plays an important role in immune response. In this study, the full-length cDNA of MyD88 from Macrobrachium rosenbergii (MRMyD88) was cloned. The MRMyD88 cDNA is 1758 bp long and contains a 1398-bp open reading frame.

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A multi-trait selective breeding program of Macrobrachium rosenbergii was initiated in China in 2015. In this program, the M. rosenbergii resources were widely collected from four countries, the origin of the founders was verified with 16 microsatellites and the pedigree was reconstructed, and the optimum contribution selection was used to make the mating design.

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Two replicate intestine fatty acid binding protein genes (jlFABP2a and jlFABP2b) were cloned from Cyprinus carpio var. jian using PCR. Both ORFs were 399 bp in length sharing 92.

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