Zhaohui Xie

Henan University of Urban Construction · School of Life Science

Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) is a potent hepatotoxin that can cause liver inflammation and injury. However, the mode of action of related inflammatory factors is not fully understood. PfHMGB1 is an inflammatory factor induced at the mRNA level in the liver of juvenile yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) that were intraperitoneally injected with 50 μ...

The morphological and histological structure of the brains of Bufo gargarizans and Cynops orientalis were observed by anatomy and light microscopy. The results show that the brains of Bufo gargarizans and Cynops orientalis are divided into 5 parts which include the telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, cerebellum and medulla oblongata. The te...

HMGB2, a member of the high mobility group box family, plays an important role in host immune responses. However, the mechanism of action of HMGB2 is not well understood. Herein, a homologue from yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) was cloned and named PfHMGB2. The deduced amino acid sequence of PfHMGB2 possessed a typical tripartite structure...

The results show that the lumbar lymph nodes were located in the posteromedial aspect of the kidneys, and comprised of capsule and parenchyma. The trabeculas, which were slight, could not divide the parenchyma into obvious lobules. The parenchyma contained lymphatic nodules, dense anodular lymphoid tissue and diffuse lymphoid tissue. Numerous lymph...

Following amputation, the newt has the remarkable ability to regenerate its limb, and this process involves dedifferentiation, proliferation and differentiation. To investigate the potential proteome during a dynamic network of Chinese fire-bellied newt limb regeneration (CNLR), two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE)...

The dorsal surface of the tongue gustatory organs of Chinese fire-bellied newt (Cynops orientalis) was observed by employing the light and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. The results revealed that the rostral and median part of the tongue presents a round apex and covered by taste disks (TDs). They are usually roundish or ellipsoidal...

A study on hypothalamus in bactrian camel was done by anatomical, histological and ultrastructural observation and was compared with other artiodactyls. The anatomical results showed that the hypothalamus of bactrian camel can be divided into 3 parts which included the supraoptic, tuberal and mammillary. It was about 2.4 g in weight, 0.42% of the b...

The pineal glands of adult yak were studied electron microscopically. Nucleolus-like bodies (NLBs) were found mostly in the pinealocytes and the interstitial cells of the pineal glands of the yak. The NLBs were electron-dense, round or ovoid bodies with a diameter of 50 nm - 500 nm. Two types of granules were identified as melanin. These may corres...

In order to further studying the relationship between the gastrointestinal endocrine cells and the hibernation of Chinese fire-bellied newt, histological techniques were used in this study to explore the distributed density and morphology of argentaffine cells in the digestive tract during hibernation and non-hibernation. The argentaffine cells cou...

In order to further studying the relationship between the gastrointestinal endocrine cells and the hibernation of Chinese fire-bellied newt, histological techniques were used in this study to explore the distributed density and morphology of argentaffine cells in the digestive tract during hibernation and non-hibernation. The argentaffine cells cou...

The morphology of Chinese fire-bellied newt liver consists of 5 lobes, with exception of a few individual differences present, which are composed by a number of hepatic lobules. Passing through the center of the lobules, a central vein radiates and is arranged in orderly row from one to several layers. The interval of the hepatic cords or masses ar...

Using light microscopy to observe the Carassius auratus, Pelophylax nigromaculata and Oryctolagus cuniculus lens on morphology and histology, measuring the thickness of each layer, layers and density of epithelial cell and the diameter of nucleus, et al. Results show that: Carassius auratus, Pelophylax nigromaculata and Oryctolagus cuniculus are si...

The brains of 10 bactrian camels were dissected to study the shape, location of the basal nucleus. Seven coronal slices of brain were uniformly taken between callosal genu and splenium and 6 uniform sagittal slices of left cerebral hemisphere of brain were examined. The corpus striatum is the great basal muclei of the hemisphere. It is situated ros...

Morphometric data from Chinese fire-bellied newts Cynops orientalis (n=162, 52 males and 110 females) population from Dabie mountain were analysed for the presence of sexual size and shape dimorphism. The data sets included eleven body-related measurements and were examined with univariate, bivariate and multivariate methods. The snout-vent length...

The morphology of Chinese fire-bellied newt liver consists of 5 lobes, with exception of a few individual differences present, which are composed by a number of hepatic lobules. Passing through the center of the lobules, a central vein radiates and is arranged in orderly row from one to several layers. The interval of the hepatic cords or masses ar...

Design-based stereological methods (the Cavalieri principle and vertical sectioning) for estimation of volumes and surface areas were applied to fixed Bactrian camel brains. Brains from 10 subjects were hemisected. Cerebrum hemispheres and cerebellum halves from both sides were sliced systematic randomly for Cavalieri estimates of volume and vertic...

The heads and necks of 10 yaks were dissected to study the shape, location, arrangement, and branches of the cranial cervical ganglion. The ganglion was a greyish fusiform structure, mean length 19.72 mm, width 7.65 mm and depth 4.55 mm, located on the rostrolateral surface of the m. longus capitis. Approximately 25% of the ganglion was covered by...

The macroscopic anatomy of the cerebrum of the bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) is detailed herein for the first time. Many features vary significantly from most previously described ungulate species including its large size, sulci pattern of the cerebral hemispheres and well developed sular cortex. In this study, six brains of adult bactrian ca...