Dexamethasone (DEX) induces Osmotic stress transcription factor 1 (Ostf1) through the Akt-GSK3β pathway in freshwater Japanese eel gill cell cultures

Summary Osmosensing and osmoregulatory processes undertaken in gills of euryhaline fish are coordinated by integrative actions of various signaling molecules/transcriptional factors. Considerable numbers of studies report the hyper- and hypo-osmoregulatory functions of fish gills, by illustrating th...

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Main Authors: S. C. Chow, William K. F. Tse, Chris K. C. Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2013-03-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/2/5/487