Vitellogenesis and choriogenesis in fishes

Akihiko Hara, Naoshi Hiramatsu, Toshiaki Fujita

Fisheries Science

FertilityGeneticsReproductive HealthSpecific AntigenReproductive Biology +14

Two Forms of Vitellogenin, Yielding Two Distinct Lipovitellins, Play Different Roles during Oocyte Maturation and Early Development of Barfin Flounder, Verasper moseri, a Marine Teleost that Spawns Pelagic Eggs

Takahiro Matsubara, Nobuyuki Ohkubo, Tadashi Andoh, +2

Developmental Biology

BiologyDistinct LipovitellinsVerasper MoseriMarine BiotechnologyDevelopmental Biology +6

Comparison of Extraction Methods and Assay Validation for Salmon Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Using Commercially Available Components

Munetaka Shimizu, Penny Swanson, Haruhisa Fukada, +2

General and Comparative Endocrinology

NutritionAssay ValidationGrowth HormoneHuman GrowthMedicine +10

Elevated serum vitellogenin levels and gonadal abnormalities in wild male flounder (Pleuronectes yokohamae) from Tokyo Bay, Japan

Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroki Bessho, Akihiko Hara, +3

Marine Environmental Research

BiologyFertilityMedicinePathogenesisGonadal Abnormalities +6

Changes in serum concentrations of steroid hormones, thyroxine, and vitellogenin during spawning migration of the chum slamon, Oncorhynchus keta

Hiroshi Ueda, Osamu Hiroi, Akihiko Hara, +2

General and Comparative Endocrinology

BiologyChum SlamonOncorhynchus KetaMammalian PhysiologyPhysiology +7

Identification of estrogenic compounds in wastewater effluent

Norihide Nakada, Hiroshi Nyunoya, Masaru Nakamura, +3

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

EngineeringWastewater TreatmentEnvironmental ChemistryAquacultureWater Treatment +17

Multiple piscine vitellogenins: biomarkers of fish exposure to estrogenic endocrine disruptors in aquatic environments

Naoshi Hiramatsu, Takahiro Matsubara, Toshiaki Fujita, +2

Marine Biology

BiologyEndocrine DisruptorsFish ExposureMultiple Piscine VitellogeninsAquatic Environments +4

Multiple vitellogenins and their unique roles in marine teleosts

Teruhiko Matsubara, Masaki Nagae, N. Ohkubo, +5

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

BiologyNatural SciencesEvolutionary BiologyMarine BiologyMarine Biota +1

Comparative studies on immunochemical properties of female-specific serum protein and egg yolk proteins in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)

Akihiko Hara, Hidematsu Hirai

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry

BiologyAnimal PhysiologyRainbow TroutNatural SciencesImmunology +9

Ovarian development and serum sex steroid and vitellogenin profiles in the female cultured sturgeon hybrid, the bester

Bagher Mojazi Amiri, Mamoru Maebayashi, Akihiko Hara, +2

Journal of Fish Biology

OocyteFertilityReproductive HealthVitellogenin ProfilesFemale Reproductive System +19