• Insulin-like 3 affects zebrafish spermatogenic cells directly and via Sertoli cells 

      Crespo, Diego; Assis, Luiz H. C.; Zhang, Yu Ting; Safian, Diego; Furmanek, Tomasz; Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; Norberg, Birgitta; Ge, Wei; Choi, Yung-Ching; den Broeder, Marjo J.; Legler, Juliette; Bogerd, Jan; Schulz, Rüdiger W (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Pituitary hormones can use local signaling molecules to regulate target tissue functions. In adult zebrafish testes, follicle-stimulating hormone (Fsh) strongly increases the production of insulin-like 3 (Insl3), a Leydig ...
    • Role of the Melanocortin System in Gonadal Steroidogenesis of Zebrafish 

      Navarro, Sandra; Crespo, Diego; Schulz, Rüdiger W.; Ge, Wei; Rotllant, Josep; Cerdá-Reverter, José Miguel; Rocha, Ana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In teleost, as in other vertebrates, stress affects reproduction. A key component of the stress response is the pituitary secretion of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which binds to the melanocortin 2 receptor ...