59. Zhu Y. Metalloproteases in gonad formation and ovulation. Gen Comp Endocrinol . 2021 Dec 1;314:113924. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113924. PMID: 34606745 PMCID: PMC8576836
58. Carver JJ, Carrell SC, Chilton MW, Brown JN, Yong L, Zhu Y, Issa FA. Nuclear androgen and progestin receptors inversely affect aggression and social dominance in male zebrafish (Danio rerio). Horm Behav. 2021 Aug;134:105012. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105012. PMID: 34153924; PMCID: PMC8403641.
57. Carver JJ, He Y, Zhu Y. (2021) Delay in primordial germ cell migration in adamts9 knockout zebrafish. Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 20;11(1):8545. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88024-x.
56. Wu XJ, Williams MJ, Kew KA, Converse A, Thomas P, Zhu Y (2021) Reduced vitellogenesis and female fertility in Gper knockout zebrafish. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 09 March https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.637691.
55. Zhu Y. Commentary for "Sex Steroids as Modulators of Gestural Communication". Endocrinology. 2020 Dec 1;161(12):bqaa153. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa153.
54. Wu XJ, Liu DT, Chen S, Hong W, Zhu Y. (2020) Impaired oocyte maturation and ovulation in membrane progestin receptor (mPR) knockouts in zebrafish. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 511:110856. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2020.110856.
53. Lee MH, Wu X, Zhu Y. (2020) RNA-binding protein PUM2 regulates mesenchymal stem cell fate via repression of JAK2 and RUNX2 mRNAs. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 235:3874-3885. doi: 10.1002/jcp.29281.
52. Liu DT, Hong WS, Chen SX, Zhu Y (2020) Upregulation of adamts9 by gonadotropin in preovulatory follicles of zebrafish. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 499:110608. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2019.110608.
51. Wu XJ, Zhu Y (2020) Downregulation of nuclear progestin receptor (Pgr) and subfertility in double knockouts of progestin receptor membrane component 1 (pgrmc1) and pgrmc2 in zebrafish. Gen Comp Endocrinol.
50. Wu XJ, Williams MJ, Patel PR, Kew KA, Zhu Y (2019) Subfertility and reduced progestin synthesis in Pgrmc2 knockout zebrafish. Gen Comp Endocrinol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113218.
49. Carter NJ, Roach ZA, Byrnes MM, Zhu Y. (2019) Adamts9 is necessary for ovarian development in zebrafish. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 277:130-140. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.04.003.
48. Wu XJ, Thomas P, Zhu Y (2018) Pgrmc1 knockout impairs oocyte maturation in zebrafish. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 9: 560; doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00560.
47. Liu DT, Carter NJ, Wu XJ, Hong WS, Chen SX, Zhu Y (2018) Progestin and nuclear progestin receptor are essential for upregulation of metalloproteinase in zebrafish preovulatory follicles. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 9: 517; doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00517.
46. Zhang YT, Hong WS, Liu DT, Qiu HT, Zhu Y, Chen SX. (2018) Involvement of Membrane Progestin Receptor Beta (mPRβ/Paqr8) in Sex Pheromone Progestin-Induced Expression of Luteinizing Hormone in the Pituitary of Male Chinese Black Sleeper (Bostrychus Sinensis).
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 9:397. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00397.
45. Aizen J, Pang Y, Harris C, Converse A, Zhu Y, Aguirre MA, Thomas P (2018) Roles of progesterone receptor membrane component 1 and membrane progestin receptor alpha in regulation of zebrafish oocyte maturation. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 263:51-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.04.009.
44. Yong L, Thet Z, Zhu Y (2017). Genetic editing of the androgen receptor contributes to impaired male courtship behavior in zebrafish. J, Exp Biol. Doi; 10.1242/jeb.161596,
43. Liu D, Brewer, MS, Chen S, Hong W, Zhu Y (2017) Transcriptomic Signatures for Ovulation in Vertebrates. Gen Comp. Endo. 247:74-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.01.019.
42. Chen SX, Yang XZ, Deng Y, Huang J, Li Y, Sun Q, Yu CP, Zhu Y, Hong WS (2017) Silver nanoparticles induce oocyte maturation in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere, 170: 51-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.016
41. Hall KM, Weidner DA, Zhu Y, Dayal S, Whitman AA, Schwalbe RA. (2016) Predominant expression of hybrid N-glycans has distinct cellular roles relative to complex and oligomannose N-glycans. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 17. pii: E925.
40. Wang C, Liu D, Chen W, Ge W, Hong W, Zhu Y, Shi X Chen SX (2016) Progestin increases the expression of gonadotropins in Pituitaries of Male Zebrafish. Journal of Endocrinology. 230:143-56.
39. Zhang YT, Liu DT, Zhu Y, Chen SX, Hong WS (2016) Cloning and olfactory expression of progestin receptors in the Chinese black sleeper Bostrichthys sinensis. Gen Comp. Endocrinol. 230-231, 87-102.
38. Zhu Y., Liu, D., Shaner, Z.C., Chen, S., Hong, W., Stellwag, E.J. (2015). Nuclear progestin receptor (Pgr) knockouts in zebrafish demonstrate role for Pgr in ovulation but not in rapid non-genomic steroid mediated meiosis resumption. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 6:37. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2015.00037. eCollection 2015. PMID:25852646.
37. Li G, Feng J, Lei Y, Wang J, Wang H, Shang LK, Liu DT, Zhao H, Zhu Y, Wang YQ (2014) Mutagenesis at specific genomic loci of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri using TALEN method. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2014.02.003. Journal of Genetic and Genomics. PMID:24780619. Total Citations: 3
36. Frye CA, Walf AA, Kohtz AS, Zhu Y (2014) Progesterone-facilitated lordosis of estradiol-primed mice is attenuated by knocking down expression of membrane progestin receptors in the midbrain. Steroid. 81:17-25. doi: 10.1016/j. steroids.2013.11.009. PMID:24269738. Total Citations: 2
35. Frye CA, Walf AA, Kohtz AS, Zhu Y (2013) Membrane progestin receptors in the midbrain ventral tegmental area are required for progesterone-facilitated lordosis of rats. Horm Behav. 64:539-545. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.05.012. PMID:23770270. Total Citations: 4
34. Cánepa MM, Zhu Y, Fossati M, Stiller JW, Vissio PG (2012) Cloning, phylogenetic analysis and expression of somatolactin and its receptor in Cichlasomadimerus: Their role in long-term background color acclimation. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 176, 52-61. Total Citations: 9
33. Diotel N, Servili A, Gueguen MM, Mironov S, Pellegrini E, Vaillant C, Zhu Y, Kah O, Anglade I (2011) Nuclear progesterone receptors are up-regulated by estrogens in neurons and radial glialprogenitors in the brain of zebrafish. PLoS One. 6(11): e28375. Total Citation: 6
32. Hanna RN and Zhu, Y (2011). Controls of Meiotic Signaling by Membrane or Nuclear Progestin Receptor in Zebrafish Follicle-Enclosed Oocytes. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 337:80-88. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.02.004. Total Citations: 17
31. Carnevali O, Tosti, L, Speciale, C, Peng C, Zhu Y, Maradonna F (2010) DEHP impairs zebrafish reproduction by affecting critical factors in oogenesis. PLoS One. 5:e10201. Total Citations: 47
30. Hanna RN, Daly SC, Pang Y, Anglade I, Kah O, Thomas P, Zhu Y (2010) Characterization and expression of the nuclear progestin receptor in zebrafish gonads and brain. Biol Reprod 82: 112-122. Total Citations: 38
29. Nguyen N and Zhu Y (2009) Prolactin functions as a survival factor during zebrafish embryogenesis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 153:88-93. Total Citations: 8
28. Hanna R and Zhu Y (2009) Expression of membrane progestin receptors in zebrafish (Danio rerio) oocytes, testis and pituitary. General and Comparative Endocrinology 161:153-157. Total Citations: 28
27. Nguyen N, Stellwag EJ, Zhu Y (2008) Prolactin-dependent modulation of organogenesis in the vertebrate-recent discoveries in zebrafish. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 148:370-380. Total Citations: 18
26. Zhu Y, Hanna RN, Schaaf MJM, Spaink HP, Thomas P (2008) Candidates for membrane progestin receptors in vertebrate gametes—past approaches and future challenges. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 148:381-389. Total Citations: 68
25. Summers K, Zhu Y (2008) Positive selection on a prolactin paralog following gene duplication in cichlids: adaptive evolution in the context of parental care? Copeia, 4: 872-976. Total Citations: 3
24. Xie C, Nguyen N, Zhu Y, Li Q (2007) Detection of the recombinant proteins in single transgenic microbial cells using laser tweezers and ramen spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry 79: 9269-9275. Total Citations: 23
23. Zhu Y, Song D, Tran N, Nguyen N (2007) The effects of the members of growth hormone family knockdown in zebrafish development. General and Comparative Endocrinology 150: 395-404. Total Citations: 42
22. Thomas P, Pang Y, Dong J, Groenen P, Kelder J, de Vlieg J, Zhu Y, Tubbs C (2007)
Steroid and G Protein Binding Characteristics of the Seatrout and Human Progestin Membrane Receptor Alpha Subtypes and Their Evolutionary Origins. Endocrinology 148: 705-718. Total Citations: 153
21. Hanna RN, Pang Y, Thomas P, Zhu Y (2006) Cell Surface Expression, Progestin Binding and Rapid Nongenomic Signaling of Zebrafish Membrane Progestin Receptors α and β in Transfected Cells. Journal of Endocrinology 190: 247 - 260. Total Citations: 73
20. Nguyen N, Sugimoto M, Zhu Y (2006) Production and purification of recombinant somatolactin β and its effects on melanosome aggregation in zebrafish. General and Comparative Endocrinology 145: 182-187. Total Citations: 16
19. Zhu Y, Stiller JW, Shaner MP, Baldini A, Scemama JL, Capehart AA (2004) Cloning of somatolactin α and β cDNAs in zebrafish and phylogenetic analysis of two distinct somatolactin subtypes in fish. Journal of Endocrinology 182: 509-518. Total Citations: 70
18. Thomas P, Pang Y, Zhu Y, Detweiler C, Doughty K (2004) Multiple rapid progestin actions and progestin membrane receptor subtypes in fish. Steroids 69:567-573. Total Citations: 93
17. Zhu Y, Rice CD, Pang Y, Pace M, Thomas P (2003) Cloning, expression and characterization of a novel membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an intermediary in meiotic maturation of fish oocytes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 2231-2236. Total Citations: 605
16. Zhu Y, Bond JE, Thomas P (2003) Identification, classification and partial characterization of genes in humans and other vertebrates homologous to a novel fish membrane progestin receptor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:2237-2242. Total Citations: 563
15. Thomas P, Zhu Y, Pace M (2002) Progestin membrane receptors involved in the meiotic maturation of teleost oocytes: a review with some new findings. Steroids 67:511-577. Total Citations: 104
14. Zhu Y, Yoshiura Y, Kikuchi K, Aida K, Thomas P (1999) Cloning and phylogenetic relationship of red drum somatolactin cDNA and effects of light on pituitary somatolactin mRNA expression. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 113:69-79. Total Citations: 29
13. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1998) Effects of light on plasma somatolactin levels in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 111:76-82. Total Citations: 30
12. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1997) Studies on the physiology of somatolactin secretion in red drum and Atlantic croaker. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 17:271-278. Total Citations: 9
11. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1997) Effects of somatolactin on melanosome aggregation in the melanophores of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) scales. General and Comparative Endocrinology 105: 127-133. Total Citations: 29
10. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1996) Elevations of somatolactin in plasma and pituitaries and increased α-MSH cell activity in red drum exposed to black background and decreased illumination. General and Comparative Endocrinology 101:21-31. Total Citations: 38
9. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1995) Plasma somatolactin concentrations in Atlantic croaker during gonadal recrudescence. In: "Reproductive Physiology of Fish", Edited by F.W. Goetz and P. Thomas, Published by Fish Symposium 95, Austin, p.42. Total Citations: 6
8. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1995) Red drum somatolactin: development of a homologous radioimmunoassay and plasma levels after exposure to stressors or various backgrounds. General and Comparative Endocrinology 99:275-288. Total Citations: 56
7. Zhu Y, Kobayashi M, Furukawa K, Aida K (1994) Gonadotropin develops sensitivity to maturation-inducing steroid in the oocytes of daily spawning teleosts, tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri) and Kisu (Sillago japonica). Fisheries Science 60:541-545. Total Citations: 16
6. Asahina K, Zhu Y, Aida K, Hagashi T (1991) Synthesis of 17alpha,21-dihydroxy-4- prognene-3,20-dione, 17alpha,20beta-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one, and 17alpha,20beta,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one in the ovaries of tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri), callionymidae teleostei. In: "Reproductive physiology of Fish", Edited by A.P. Scott et al., Published by Fishsymp 91, Sheffield, 80-82. Total Citations: 2
5. Zhu Y, Furukawa K, Aida K (1991) Effects of photoperiod on spawning rhythm in the tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri). Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi-Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science. 57:2033-2037. Total Citations: 5
4. Zhu Y, Furukawa K, Aida K, Hanyu I (1991) Effects of water temperature and photoperiod on the initiation and termination of autumn spawning season in tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri). Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi-Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 57:1871-1876. Total Citations: 8
3. Zhu Y, Furukawa K, Aida K, Hanyu I (1991) Daily spawning rhythm during spring and autumn spawning seasons in the tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri). Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi-Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 57:1865-1870. Total Citations: 13
2. Zhu Y, Furukawa K, Aida K, Hanyu I (1989) Annual reproductive rhythm of the tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri) Callinymidae in Lake Hamana. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi-Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 55:591-599. Total Citations: 24
1. Zhu Y, Aida K, Furukawa K, Hanyu I (1989) Development of sensitivity to maturation-inducing steroids and gonadotropins in the oocytes of the tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri) Callionymidae (teleostei). General and Comparative Endocrinology 76:250-260. Total Citations: 34
58. Carver JJ, Carrell SC, Chilton MW, Brown JN, Yong L, Zhu Y, Issa FA. Nuclear androgen and progestin receptors inversely affect aggression and social dominance in male zebrafish (Danio rerio). Horm Behav. 2021 Aug;134:105012. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105012. PMID: 34153924; PMCID: PMC8403641.
57. Carver JJ, He Y, Zhu Y. (2021) Delay in primordial germ cell migration in adamts9 knockout zebrafish. Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 20;11(1):8545. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88024-x.
56. Wu XJ, Williams MJ, Kew KA, Converse A, Thomas P, Zhu Y (2021) Reduced vitellogenesis and female fertility in Gper knockout zebrafish. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 09 March https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.637691.
55. Zhu Y. Commentary for "Sex Steroids as Modulators of Gestural Communication". Endocrinology. 2020 Dec 1;161(12):bqaa153. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa153.
54. Wu XJ, Liu DT, Chen S, Hong W, Zhu Y. (2020) Impaired oocyte maturation and ovulation in membrane progestin receptor (mPR) knockouts in zebrafish. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 511:110856. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2020.110856.
53. Lee MH, Wu X, Zhu Y. (2020) RNA-binding protein PUM2 regulates mesenchymal stem cell fate via repression of JAK2 and RUNX2 mRNAs. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 235:3874-3885. doi: 10.1002/jcp.29281.
52. Liu DT, Hong WS, Chen SX, Zhu Y (2020) Upregulation of adamts9 by gonadotropin in preovulatory follicles of zebrafish. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 499:110608. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2019.110608.
51. Wu XJ, Zhu Y (2020) Downregulation of nuclear progestin receptor (Pgr) and subfertility in double knockouts of progestin receptor membrane component 1 (pgrmc1) and pgrmc2 in zebrafish. Gen Comp Endocrinol.
50. Wu XJ, Williams MJ, Patel PR, Kew KA, Zhu Y (2019) Subfertility and reduced progestin synthesis in Pgrmc2 knockout zebrafish. Gen Comp Endocrinol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113218.
49. Carter NJ, Roach ZA, Byrnes MM, Zhu Y. (2019) Adamts9 is necessary for ovarian development in zebrafish. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 277:130-140. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.04.003.
48. Wu XJ, Thomas P, Zhu Y (2018) Pgrmc1 knockout impairs oocyte maturation in zebrafish. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 9: 560; doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00560.
47. Liu DT, Carter NJ, Wu XJ, Hong WS, Chen SX, Zhu Y (2018) Progestin and nuclear progestin receptor are essential for upregulation of metalloproteinase in zebrafish preovulatory follicles. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 9: 517; doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00517.
46. Zhang YT, Hong WS, Liu DT, Qiu HT, Zhu Y, Chen SX. (2018) Involvement of Membrane Progestin Receptor Beta (mPRβ/Paqr8) in Sex Pheromone Progestin-Induced Expression of Luteinizing Hormone in the Pituitary of Male Chinese Black Sleeper (Bostrychus Sinensis).
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 9:397. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00397.
45. Aizen J, Pang Y, Harris C, Converse A, Zhu Y, Aguirre MA, Thomas P (2018) Roles of progesterone receptor membrane component 1 and membrane progestin receptor alpha in regulation of zebrafish oocyte maturation. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 263:51-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.04.009.
44. Yong L, Thet Z, Zhu Y (2017). Genetic editing of the androgen receptor contributes to impaired male courtship behavior in zebrafish. J, Exp Biol. Doi; 10.1242/jeb.161596,
43. Liu D, Brewer, MS, Chen S, Hong W, Zhu Y (2017) Transcriptomic Signatures for Ovulation in Vertebrates. Gen Comp. Endo. 247:74-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.01.019.
42. Chen SX, Yang XZ, Deng Y, Huang J, Li Y, Sun Q, Yu CP, Zhu Y, Hong WS (2017) Silver nanoparticles induce oocyte maturation in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere, 170: 51-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.016
41. Hall KM, Weidner DA, Zhu Y, Dayal S, Whitman AA, Schwalbe RA. (2016) Predominant expression of hybrid N-glycans has distinct cellular roles relative to complex and oligomannose N-glycans. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 17. pii: E925.
40. Wang C, Liu D, Chen W, Ge W, Hong W, Zhu Y, Shi X Chen SX (2016) Progestin increases the expression of gonadotropins in Pituitaries of Male Zebrafish. Journal of Endocrinology. 230:143-56.
39. Zhang YT, Liu DT, Zhu Y, Chen SX, Hong WS (2016) Cloning and olfactory expression of progestin receptors in the Chinese black sleeper Bostrichthys sinensis. Gen Comp. Endocrinol. 230-231, 87-102.
38. Zhu Y., Liu, D., Shaner, Z.C., Chen, S., Hong, W., Stellwag, E.J. (2015). Nuclear progestin receptor (Pgr) knockouts in zebrafish demonstrate role for Pgr in ovulation but not in rapid non-genomic steroid mediated meiosis resumption. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 6:37. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2015.00037. eCollection 2015. PMID:25852646.
37. Li G, Feng J, Lei Y, Wang J, Wang H, Shang LK, Liu DT, Zhao H, Zhu Y, Wang YQ (2014) Mutagenesis at specific genomic loci of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri using TALEN method. DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2014.02.003. Journal of Genetic and Genomics. PMID:24780619. Total Citations: 3
36. Frye CA, Walf AA, Kohtz AS, Zhu Y (2014) Progesterone-facilitated lordosis of estradiol-primed mice is attenuated by knocking down expression of membrane progestin receptors in the midbrain. Steroid. 81:17-25. doi: 10.1016/j. steroids.2013.11.009. PMID:24269738. Total Citations: 2
35. Frye CA, Walf AA, Kohtz AS, Zhu Y (2013) Membrane progestin receptors in the midbrain ventral tegmental area are required for progesterone-facilitated lordosis of rats. Horm Behav. 64:539-545. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.05.012. PMID:23770270. Total Citations: 4
34. Cánepa MM, Zhu Y, Fossati M, Stiller JW, Vissio PG (2012) Cloning, phylogenetic analysis and expression of somatolactin and its receptor in Cichlasomadimerus: Their role in long-term background color acclimation. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 176, 52-61. Total Citations: 9
33. Diotel N, Servili A, Gueguen MM, Mironov S, Pellegrini E, Vaillant C, Zhu Y, Kah O, Anglade I (2011) Nuclear progesterone receptors are up-regulated by estrogens in neurons and radial glialprogenitors in the brain of zebrafish. PLoS One. 6(11): e28375. Total Citation: 6
32. Hanna RN and Zhu, Y (2011). Controls of Meiotic Signaling by Membrane or Nuclear Progestin Receptor in Zebrafish Follicle-Enclosed Oocytes. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 337:80-88. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.02.004. Total Citations: 17
31. Carnevali O, Tosti, L, Speciale, C, Peng C, Zhu Y, Maradonna F (2010) DEHP impairs zebrafish reproduction by affecting critical factors in oogenesis. PLoS One. 5:e10201. Total Citations: 47
30. Hanna RN, Daly SC, Pang Y, Anglade I, Kah O, Thomas P, Zhu Y (2010) Characterization and expression of the nuclear progestin receptor in zebrafish gonads and brain. Biol Reprod 82: 112-122. Total Citations: 38
29. Nguyen N and Zhu Y (2009) Prolactin functions as a survival factor during zebrafish embryogenesis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 153:88-93. Total Citations: 8
28. Hanna R and Zhu Y (2009) Expression of membrane progestin receptors in zebrafish (Danio rerio) oocytes, testis and pituitary. General and Comparative Endocrinology 161:153-157. Total Citations: 28
27. Nguyen N, Stellwag EJ, Zhu Y (2008) Prolactin-dependent modulation of organogenesis in the vertebrate-recent discoveries in zebrafish. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 148:370-380. Total Citations: 18
26. Zhu Y, Hanna RN, Schaaf MJM, Spaink HP, Thomas P (2008) Candidates for membrane progestin receptors in vertebrate gametes—past approaches and future challenges. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 148:381-389. Total Citations: 68
25. Summers K, Zhu Y (2008) Positive selection on a prolactin paralog following gene duplication in cichlids: adaptive evolution in the context of parental care? Copeia, 4: 872-976. Total Citations: 3
24. Xie C, Nguyen N, Zhu Y, Li Q (2007) Detection of the recombinant proteins in single transgenic microbial cells using laser tweezers and ramen spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry 79: 9269-9275. Total Citations: 23
23. Zhu Y, Song D, Tran N, Nguyen N (2007) The effects of the members of growth hormone family knockdown in zebrafish development. General and Comparative Endocrinology 150: 395-404. Total Citations: 42
22. Thomas P, Pang Y, Dong J, Groenen P, Kelder J, de Vlieg J, Zhu Y, Tubbs C (2007)
Steroid and G Protein Binding Characteristics of the Seatrout and Human Progestin Membrane Receptor Alpha Subtypes and Their Evolutionary Origins. Endocrinology 148: 705-718. Total Citations: 153
21. Hanna RN, Pang Y, Thomas P, Zhu Y (2006) Cell Surface Expression, Progestin Binding and Rapid Nongenomic Signaling of Zebrafish Membrane Progestin Receptors α and β in Transfected Cells. Journal of Endocrinology 190: 247 - 260. Total Citations: 73
20. Nguyen N, Sugimoto M, Zhu Y (2006) Production and purification of recombinant somatolactin β and its effects on melanosome aggregation in zebrafish. General and Comparative Endocrinology 145: 182-187. Total Citations: 16
19. Zhu Y, Stiller JW, Shaner MP, Baldini A, Scemama JL, Capehart AA (2004) Cloning of somatolactin α and β cDNAs in zebrafish and phylogenetic analysis of two distinct somatolactin subtypes in fish. Journal of Endocrinology 182: 509-518. Total Citations: 70
18. Thomas P, Pang Y, Zhu Y, Detweiler C, Doughty K (2004) Multiple rapid progestin actions and progestin membrane receptor subtypes in fish. Steroids 69:567-573. Total Citations: 93
17. Zhu Y, Rice CD, Pang Y, Pace M, Thomas P (2003) Cloning, expression and characterization of a novel membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an intermediary in meiotic maturation of fish oocytes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 2231-2236. Total Citations: 605
16. Zhu Y, Bond JE, Thomas P (2003) Identification, classification and partial characterization of genes in humans and other vertebrates homologous to a novel fish membrane progestin receptor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:2237-2242. Total Citations: 563
15. Thomas P, Zhu Y, Pace M (2002) Progestin membrane receptors involved in the meiotic maturation of teleost oocytes: a review with some new findings. Steroids 67:511-577. Total Citations: 104
14. Zhu Y, Yoshiura Y, Kikuchi K, Aida K, Thomas P (1999) Cloning and phylogenetic relationship of red drum somatolactin cDNA and effects of light on pituitary somatolactin mRNA expression. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 113:69-79. Total Citations: 29
13. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1998) Effects of light on plasma somatolactin levels in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 111:76-82. Total Citations: 30
12. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1997) Studies on the physiology of somatolactin secretion in red drum and Atlantic croaker. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 17:271-278. Total Citations: 9
11. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1997) Effects of somatolactin on melanosome aggregation in the melanophores of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) scales. General and Comparative Endocrinology 105: 127-133. Total Citations: 29
10. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1996) Elevations of somatolactin in plasma and pituitaries and increased α-MSH cell activity in red drum exposed to black background and decreased illumination. General and Comparative Endocrinology 101:21-31. Total Citations: 38
9. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1995) Plasma somatolactin concentrations in Atlantic croaker during gonadal recrudescence. In: "Reproductive Physiology of Fish", Edited by F.W. Goetz and P. Thomas, Published by Fish Symposium 95, Austin, p.42. Total Citations: 6
8. Zhu Y, Thomas P (1995) Red drum somatolactin: development of a homologous radioimmunoassay and plasma levels after exposure to stressors or various backgrounds. General and Comparative Endocrinology 99:275-288. Total Citations: 56
7. Zhu Y, Kobayashi M, Furukawa K, Aida K (1994) Gonadotropin develops sensitivity to maturation-inducing steroid in the oocytes of daily spawning teleosts, tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri) and Kisu (Sillago japonica). Fisheries Science 60:541-545. Total Citations: 16
6. Asahina K, Zhu Y, Aida K, Hagashi T (1991) Synthesis of 17alpha,21-dihydroxy-4- prognene-3,20-dione, 17alpha,20beta-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one, and 17alpha,20beta,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one in the ovaries of tobinumeri-dragonet (Repomucenus beniteguri), callionymidae teleostei. In: "Reproductive physiology of Fish", Edited by A.P. Scott et al., Published by Fishsymp 91, Sheffield, 80-82. Total Citations: 2
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