ZFIN Lab: Zohar Lab

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-150319-1

Zohar Lab

PI/Director:	Zohar, Yonathan
Contact Person:	Zohar, Yonathan
Email:	zohar@umbc.edu
URL:
Address:	Center of Marine Biotechnology University of Maryland Biotech Inst Suite 236, Columbus Center 701 E. Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21202 USA
Country:	United States
Phone:	(410) 234-8824
Fax:	(410) 234-8896
Line Designation:	mb

GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB

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STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

LAB MEMBERS

Sun, Yalong Graduate Student

Yu, Yang Graduate Student

ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS

Tanaka, S., Zmora, N., Levavi-Sivan, B., Zohar, Y. (2022) Chemogenetic Depletion of Hypophysiotropic GnRH Neurons Does Not Affect Fertility in Mature Female Zebrafish. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(10)

Tanaka, S., Zmora, N., Levavi-Sivan, B., Zohar, Y. (2022) Vasoactive intestinal peptide indirectly elicits pituitary LH secretion independent of GnRH in female zebrafish. Endocrinology. 163(2):

Marvel, M., Levavi-Sivan, B., Wong, T.T., Zmora, N., Zohar, Y. (2021) Gnrh2 maintains reproduction in fasting zebrafish through dynamic neuronal projection changes and regulation of gonadotropin synthesis, oogenesis, and reproductive behaviors. Scientific Reports. 11:6657

Zohar, Y. (2020) Fish reproductive biology - reflecting on five decades of fundamental and translational research. General and comparative endocrinology. 300:113544

Shainer, I., Michel, M., Marquart, G.D., Bhandiwad, A.A., Zmora, N., Ben-Moshe Livne, Z., Zohar, Y., Hazak, A., Mazon, Y., Förster, D., Hollander-Cohen, L., Cone, R.D., Burgess, H.A., Gothilf, Y. (2019) Agouti-Related Protein 2 Is a New Player in the Teleost Stress Response System. Current biology : CB. 29(12):2009-2019.e7

Marvel, M.M., Spicer, O.S., Wong, T.T., Zmora, N., Zohar, Y. (2019) Knockout of Gnrh2 in zebrafish (Danio rerio) reveals its roles in regulating feeding behavior and oocyte quality. General and comparative endocrinology. 280:15-23

Marvel, M., Spicer, O.S., Wong, T.T., Zmora, N., Zohar, Y. (2018) Knockout of the Gnrh genes in zebrafish: effects on reproduction and potential compensation by reproductive and feeding-related neuropeptides. Biology of reproduction. 99(3):565-577

Spicer, O.S., Zmora, N., Wong, T.T., Golan, M., Levavi-Sivan, B., Gothilf, Y., Zohar, Y. (2017) The GNIH (Lpxrfa) system's regulation of reproduction in the brain-pituitary axis of the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Biology of reproduction. 96(5):1031-1042

Spicer, O.S., Wong, T.T., Zmora, N., Zohar, Y. (2016) Targeted Mutagenesis of the Hypophysiotropic Gnrh3 in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Reveals No Effects on Reproductive Performance. PLoS One. 11(6):e0158141

Golan, M., Zelinger, E., Zohar, Y., Levavi-Sivan, B. (2015) Architecture of GnRH-Gonadotrope-Vasculature Reveals a Dual Mode of Gonadotropin Regulation in Fish. Endocrinology. 156(11):4163-73

Wong, T.T., Zohar, Y. (2015) Production of reproductively sterile fish by a non-transgenic gene silencing technology. Scientific Reports. 5:15822

Wong, T.T., Zohar, Y. (2015) Production of reproductively sterile fish: A mini-review of germ cell elimination technologies. General and comparative endocrinology. 221:3-8

Zmora, N., Stubblefield, J., Golan, M., Servili, A., Levavi-Sivan, B., and Zohar, Y. (2014) The Medio-Basal Hypothalamus as a Dynamic and Plastic Reproduction-Related Kisspeptin-gnrh-Pituitary Center in Fish. Endocrinology. 155(5):1874-86

Xia, W., Smith, O., Zmora, N., Xu, S., and Zohar, Y. (2014) Comprehensive analysis of GnRH2 neuronal projections in zebrafish. Scientific Reports. 4:3676

Xu, S., Xia, W., Zohar, Y., and Gui, J.F. (2013) Zebrafish dmrta2 Regulates the Expression of cdkn2c in Spermatogenesis in the Adult Testis. Biology of reproduction. 88(1):14

Avella, M.A., Place, A., Du, S.J., Williams, E., Silvi, S., Zohar, Y., and Carnevali, O. (2012) Lactobacillus rhamnosus Accelerates Zebrafish Backbone Calcification and Gonadal Differentiation through Effects on the GnRH and IGF Systems. PLoS One. 7(9):e45572

Palevitch, O., Abraham, E., Borodovsky, N., Levkowitz, G., Zohar, Y., and Gothilf, Y. (2010) Cxcl12a-Cxcr4b signaling is important for proper development of the forebrain GnRH system in zebrafish. General and comparative endocrinology. 165(2):262-268

Abraham, E., Palevitch, O., Gothilf, Y., and Zohar, Y. (2010) Targeted Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-3 Neuron Ablation in Zebrafish: Effects on Neurogenesis, Neuronal Migration, and Reproduction. Endocrinology. 151(1):332-340

Abraham, E., Palevitch, O., Gothilf, Y., and Zohar, Y. (2009) The zebrafish as a model system for forebrain GnRH neuronal development. General and comparative endocrinology. 164(2-3):151-160

Palevitch, O., Abraham, E., Borodovsky, N., Levkowitz, G., Zohar, Y., and Gothilf, Y. (2009) Nasal embryonic LHRH factor plays a role in the developmental migration and projection of gonadotropin-releasing hormone 3 neurons in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 238(1):66-75

Abraham, E., Palevitch, O., Ijiri, S., Du, S.J., Gothilf, Y., and Zohar, Y. (2008) Early Development of Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone-I Neurones and the Role of GnRH-I as an Autocrine Migration Factor. Journal of neuroendocrinology. 20(3):394-405

Palevitch, O., Kight, K., Abraham, E., Wray, S., Zohar, Y., and Gothilf, Y. (2007) Ontogeny of the GnRH systems in zebrafish brain: in situ hybridization and promoter-reporter expression analyses in intact animals. Cell and tissue research. 327(2):313-322

Goto-Kazeto, R., Kight, K.E., Zohar, Y., Place, A.R., and Trant, J.M. (2004) Localization and expression of aromatase mRNA in adult zebrafish. General and comparative endocrinology. 139(1):72-84

Xu, C., Wu, G., Zohar, Y., and Du, S.J. (2003) Analysis of myostatin gene structure, expression and function in zebrafish. The Journal of experimental biology. 206(22):4067-4079

Steven, C., Lehnen, N., Kight, K., Ijiri, S., Klenke, U., Harris, W.A., and Zohar, Y. (2003) Molecular characterization of the GnRH system in zebrafish (Danio rerio): cloning of chicken GnRH-II, adult brain expression patterns and pituitary content of salmon GnRH and chicken GnRH-II. General and comparative endocrinology. 133(1):27-37

Goto, R., Kight, K.E., Zohar, Y., Trant, J.M., and Place, A.R. (2002) Localization and expression of aromatase mRNA in adult zebrafish. Biology of reproduction. (Suppl. 1) 66:394

Kight, K.E., Steven, S.R., Ijiri, S., Alok, D., Klenke, U., and Zohar, Y. (2002) The GnRH system in zebrafish (Danio rerio): Developing a model system for functional studies of GnRH multiplicity. Biology of reproduction. (Suppl. 1) 66:498

Kazeto, Y., Ijiri, S., Place, A.R., Zohar, Y., and Trant, J.M. (2001) The 5'-flanking regions of CYP19A1 and CYP19A2 in zebrafish. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 288(3):503-508

Du, S., Frenkel, V., Kindschi, G., and Zohar, Y. (2001) Visualizing normal and defective bone development in zebrafish embryos using the fluorescent chromophore calcein. Developmental Biology. 238(2):239-246