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

Yu, Y., Tanaka, S., Wong, T.T., Zohar, Y., Zmora, N. (2024) Loss of function of Vasoactive-intestinal peptide alters sex ratio and reduces male reproductive fitness in zebrafish. Endocrinology. 165(8):

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