Chemical Treatments for Insect Cell Differentiation: The Effects of 20-Hydroxyecdysone and Veratridine on Cultured Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf21) Insect Cell Ultrastructure [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Previous studies have shown that insect cell cultures stop dividing, form clumps, and can be induced to grow processes reminiscent of axons, when the culture medium is supplemented with 20-hydroxyecdysone, insulin, or an agent that mimics their action ...
Lacey J. Jenson +2 more
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Sterol Regulation of Development and 20-Hydroxyecdysone Biosynthetic and Signaling Genes in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]
Cells, 2023 Ecdysteroids are crucial in regulating the growth and development of insects. In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, both C27 and C28 ecdysteroids have been identified.
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The Response of the Estrogen-Related Receptor to 20-Hydroxyecdysone in Bombyx mori: Insight Into the Function of Estrogen-Related Receptor in Insect 20-Hydroxyecdysone Signaling Pathway [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Estrogen-related receptor (ERR) is an orphan nuclear receptor that was first discovered in animals, and play an important role in metabolism, development, and reproduction. Despite extensive research on the function of ERR, its transcriptional regulation
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Identification of genes regulated by 20-Hydroxyecdysone in Macrobrachium nipponense using comparative transcriptomic analysis [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Macrobrachium nipponense is a freshwater prawn of economic importance in China. Its reproductive molt is crucial for seedling rearing and directly impacts the industry’s economic efficiency.
Huwei Yuan +8 more
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20-hydroxyecdysone suppresses bladder cancer progression via inhibiting USP21: A mechanism associated with deubiquitination and degradation of p65 [PDF]
Translational OncologyBladder cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the urinary tract and a prevalent cancer worldwide, still requiring efficient therapeutic agents and approaches.
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mSphere, 2020 Blood feeding is an integral behavior of mosquitoes to acquire nutritional resources needed for reproduction. This requirement also enables mosquitoes to serve as efficient vectors to acquire and potentially transmit a multitude of mosquito-borne ...
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Insects, 2018 One of the first tasks of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera) during their lifetime is to feed the larval offspring. In brief, young workers (nurse bees) secrete a special food jelly that contains a large amount of unique major royal jelly proteins (MRJPs)
Paul Winkler, Frank Sieg, Anja Buttstedt
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Identification and Functional Analysis of G Protein-Coupled Receptors in 20-Hydroxyecdysone Signaling From the Helicoverpa armigera Genome [PDF]
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of membrane receptors in animals and humans, which transmit various signals from the extracellular environment into cells.
Yan-Li Li +7 more
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Journal of the World Aquaculture SocietyAdvancing knowledge of the molecular mechanisms governing vitellogenesis and spawning in the black tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon, requires an efficient method for identifying ovarian stages.
Gourab Chowdhury +5 more
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Effects of dietary 20-hydroxyecdysone supplementation on whole-body protein turnover in growing pigs [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 One of the approaches to creating biologically active additives for use in pig breeding can be the use of 20-hydroxyecdysone regulating protein metabolism in piglets.
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