Adiponectin plays critical roles in the regulation of energy metabolism mammals. However, its fish remain to be evaluated. In this study, we examined tissue distribution characteristics two adiponectin genes, namely, adipoqa and adipoqb, at transcriptional level, detected changes their mRNA expressions during oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Furthermore, prepared recombinant proteins grass c...

The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a herbivorous, freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae, and the only species of the genus Ctenopharyngodon. Neoplasms in fishes are generally less aggressive than neoplasms in mammals and are most commonly discrete, focal and benign neoplasms. A 3-year-old grass carp with a big mass on the vertebrae was referred to the clinic...

BACKGROUND RIG-I (retinoic acid inducible gene-I) is one of the key cytosolic pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) for detecting nucleotide pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and mediating the induction of type I interferon and inflammatory cytokines in innate immune response. Though the mechanism is well characterized in mammals, the study of the accurate function of RIG-I in teleo...

effect of dietary mixture of prebiotic mannan oligosaccharide (mos) and β-1,3glucan, on growth performance, survival and body composition in grass carp juvenile (ctenopharyngodon idella) were investigated for 56 days. practical diets were supplemented with 0, 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 g/kg mixture of mos and β-1,3glucan in a totally randomized design trial in triplicate groups. the experiment carri...