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Ovarian aromatase and estrogens: a pivotal role for gonadal sex differentiation and sex change in fish.
- Y. Guiguen, A. Fostier, F. Piferrer, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- General and comparative endocrinology
- 1 February 2010
The present review focuses on the roles of estrogens and aromatase (Cyp19a1a), the enzyme needed for their synthesis, in fish gonadal sex differentiation. Based on the recent literature, we extend… Expand
Purification and characterization of vitellin from the mature ovaries of prawn, Penaeus monodon
- Ching-Fong Chang, Fung-Yi Lee, Yung-Sen Huang
- Biology
- 1 June 1993
Abstract 1. 1. A purified vitellin was isolated from the mature ovaries of the prawn ( Penaeus monodon ) after purification with gel filtration, hydroxylapatite, DEAE-Sephacel and polyacrylamide gel… Expand
Cold-stress induced the modulation of catecholamines, cortisol, immunoglobulin M, and leukocyte phagocytosis in tilapia.
- W. Chen, Lian-Tien Sun, C. Tsai, Yen-Lin Song, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- General and comparative endocrinology
- 1 March 2002
The concentrations of norepinephrine in hypothalamus and norepinephrine and epinephrine in head kidney were significantly decreased in treated tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) during the time course of… Expand
Androgens stimulate sex change in protogynous grouper, Epinephelus coioides: spawning performance in sex-changed males.
- Shinn-Lih Yeh, C. Kuo, Y. Ting, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- Comparative biochemistry and physiology…
- 1 July 2003
We examined the efficacy of androgens (1.0 mg/kg body mass), testosterone (T), 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT), 17alpha-methyltestosterone (MT), testosterone propionate (TP) or androgen mixture (T, MT… Expand
The effects of exogenous androgens on ovarian development and sex change in female orange-spotted protogynous grouper, Epinephelus coioides.
- Shinn-Lih Yeh, C. Kuo, Y. Ting, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology
- 27 March 2003
The efficacy of various doses of an androgen mixture, containing testosterone (T), 17α-methyltestosterone (MT), and testosterone propionate (TP) in equal ratios, for induction of sex change in… Expand
wnt4 Is Associated with the Development of Ovarian Tissue in the Protandrous Black Porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli1
- Guan-Chung Wu, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- Biology of reproduction
- 1 December 2009
The protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli, has a striking life cycle with sex differentiation at the juvenile stage, mono-male development, and male-to-female sex change (with vitellogenic… Expand
Multiple Kisspeptin Receptors in Early Osteichthyans Provide New Insights into the Evolution of This Receptor Family
- J. Pasquier, Anne-Gaëlle Lafont, +8 authors S. Dufour
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 20 November 2012
Deorphanization of GPR54 receptor a decade ago led to the characterization of the kisspeptin receptor (Kissr) in mammals and the discovery of its major role in the brain control of reproduction.… Expand
Sex differentiation and sex change in the protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli.
- Guan-Chung Wu, Sherly Tomy, +5 authors Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- General and comparative endocrinology
- 20 June 2009
Protandrous black porgy fish, Acanthopagrus schlegeli, have a striking life cycle with a male sex differentiation at the juvenile stage and male-to-female sex change at 3 years of age. We had… Expand
Annual cycle of gonadal histology and steroid profiles in the juvenile males and adult females of the protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli
- Ching-Fong Chang, W. Yueh
- Biology
- 1 December 1990
Abstract The objectives were to investigate the changes in gonadal histology and plasma levels of gonadal steroids from the bisexual to the male phase in the juvenile male black porgy, Acanthopagrus… Expand
Differential expression and regulation of gonadotropins and their receptors in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica.
- S. Jeng, W. Yueh, Guan-Ru Chen, Yan-Horn Lee, S. Dufour, Ching-Fong Chang
- Biology, Medicine
- General and comparative endocrinology
- 1 October 2007
Eel species have a striking life cycle with a blockade of puberty until the oceanic migration. We report the first molecular data on eel gonadotropin receptors. The partial sequences cloned covered… Expand