Publications since 1995
38. Melamed, P., Eliyahu, N., Levavi-Sivan, B.,
Ofir, M., Pisanty-Farhi, O., Rentier- Delrue, F.,
Smal, J., Yaron, Z. and Naor, Z.
Hypothalamic and thyroidal regulation of growth
hormone in tilapia. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 97, 13-30
(1995).
39. Yaron, Z. Endocrine control
of gametogenesis and spawning induction in the carp.
Aquaculture, 129, 49-73 (1995).
40. Levavi-Sivan, B. Ofir, M. and Yaron,
Z. Possible sites of dopaminergic inhibition
of gonadotropin release from the pituitary of a
teleost fish, tilapia. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 109,
87-95 (1995).
41. Melamed P., Eliahu, N., Ofir, M., Levavi-Sivan,
B., Smal, J., Rentier-Delrue, F. and Yaron,
Z. The effects of gonadal development and
sex steroids on growth hormone secretion in the
male tilapia hybrid (Oreochromis niloticus x O.
aureus). Fish Physiol. Biochem. 14, 267-277 (1995).
42. Kulikovsky, Z., Marttin, F.J.B. and Yaron,
Z. A comparison of two spawning- inducing
agents for common carp. Isr. J. Aquacult.- Bamidgeh
48, 108-111 (1996).
43. Melamed, P., Gur, G., Elizur, A., Rosenfeld,
H., Rentier-Delrue, F. and Yaron, Z.
Differential effects of gonadotropin releasing hormone,
dopamine and somatostatin and their second messengers
on the mRNA levels of gonadotropin IIß subunit and
growth hormone in the teleost fish, tilapia. Neuroendocrinology
64, 320-328 (1996).
44. Poncelet, A.C., Levavi-Sivan, B., Müller, M.,
Yaron, Z., Martial, J.A. and Belayew,
A. The tilapia prolactin I gene: evolutionary conservation
of the regulatory elements directing pituitary-specific
expression. DNA Cell Biol 15, 679-692 (1996).
45. Rothbard, S. Levavi-Sivan, B. and Yaron,
Z. Breeding behavior and the associated
taGtH and steroid levels in female Nile tilapia,
oreochromis niloticus. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol. 44,
83-92 (1997).
46. Rosenfeld, H., Levavi-Sivan, B., Melamed, P.,
Yaron, Z. and Elizur, A., The GtH
ß subunits of tilapia: gene cloning and expression.
Fish Physiol. Biochem. 17, 85-92 (1997).
47. Melamed, P., Gur, G., Rosenfeld, H., Elizur,
A. and Yaron, Z. The mRNA levels
of GtH Iß, GtH IIß and GH in relation to testicular
development and testosterone treatment in pituitaries
of male tilapia. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 17, 93-98
(1997).
48. De Monbrison, D, Tzchori, I., Holland, M.C.,
Zohar, Y., Yaron , Z. Elizur, A.
Acceleration of gonadal development and spawning
induction in the Mediterranean grey mullet, Mugil
cephalus: preliminary studies. Isr. J. Aquaculture
– Bamidgeh 49, 214-221. (1997).
49. Melamed, P., Rosenfeld, H., Elizur, A. and Yaron,
Z. Endocrine regulation of gonadotropin
and growth hormone gene transcription in fish. Comp.
Biochem. Physiol. C119, 325-338 (1998).
50. Yaron, Z., Levavi-Sivan, B.
Melamed, P., Rosenfeld, H., and Elizur, A. Second
messengers involved in the response of GtH cells
in fish: GtH release and GtH IIß mRNA levels. Ann.
N.Y. Acad. Sci. 839, 254-259 (1998).
51. Rosenfeld, H., Levavi-Sivan, B., Melamed, P.,
Yaron, Z. and Elizur, A., The genes encoding
the GtH ß subunits in tilapia.. Ann. N.Y. Acad.
Sci. 839, 455-457 (1998).
52. Melamed, P., Gur, G., Rosenfeld, H., Elizur,
A. and Yaron, Z. Interactions between
gonadotrophs and somatotrophs in the pituitary of
tilapia: apparent roles for insulin-like growth
factors-I and estradiol. Endocrinology 140: 1183-1191
(1999).
53. Melamed, P. and Yaron, Z. Calcium
ionophores lead to apoptotic-like changes in tilapia
pituitary cells. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 114: 19-27
(1999).
54. Melamed, P., Gur, G., Rosenfeld, H., Elizur,
A., Schulz, R. and Yaron, Z. Reproductive
development of male and females tilapia hybrids
(Oreochromis niloticus x O. aureus) and changes
in mRNA levels of gonadotropin (GtH) Ib
and IIb
subunits. J. Exp. Zool. 286, 64-75. (2000).
55. Gur, G., Melamed, P., Gissis, A. and Yaron,
Z. The pituitary-gonadal axis during maturation
of the black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus. J. Exp.
Zool. 286, 405-413. (2000).
56. Rosenfeld, H., Levavi-Sivan, B., Gur, G., Melamed,,
P., Meiri, I., Yaron, Z. and Elizur,
A. Functional analysis of tilapia FSHb
promoter. Comp. Biochem. Physiol.129B, 389-398.
(2001).
57. Yaron, Z., Gur, G., Melamed,
P., Rosenfeld, H., Levavi-Sivan, P. and Elizur,
A. Regulation of gonadotropin subunit genes in tilapia.
Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 129B, 489-502. (2001).
58. Gur, G., Bonfil., D., Safarian, H., Naor, Z.
and Yaron, Z. GnRH signaling in
tilapia pituitary cells: role of mitogen-activated
protein kinase (MAPK). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 129B,
517-524. (2001).
59. Gur, G., Rosenfeld, H., Melamed, P., Meiri,
I., Elizur, A. and Yaron, Z. Molecular
cloning of cDNA encoding tilapia glycoprotein subunit
and its hypothalamic regulation. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol.
182,: 49-60 (2001).
60. Gur. G. Bonfil, D., Safarian, H., Naor, Z. and
Yaron, Z. GnRH signaling pathways regulate
differentially the tilapia gonadotropin subunit
genes. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 189, 125-134 (2002).
61. Gur, G., Bonfil, D., Safarian, H., Naor, Z.
and Yaron, Z. PACAP and NPY signaling
pathways are involved in the regulation of gonadotropin
subunit genes in tilapia. Neuroendocrinology 75,
164-174 (2002).
62. Kandel-Kfir, M., Gur, G, Melamed, P., Zilberstein,
Y, Cohen, Y, Zmora, N., Kobayashi, M, Elizur, A.,Yaron,
Z. Gonadotropin response to GnRH during
sexual ontogeny in the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
Comp. Biochem, Physiol. 132B, 17-26. (2002).
63. Yaron, Z., Gur, G., Rosenfeld,
H. and Levavi-Sivan, B. Spawning induction in fish
and GnRH regulation of gonadotropins: modes of action.
Fisheries Sciences 68 (Suppl.): 661-666. (2002).
64. Yaron, Z., Gur, G., Melamed,
P., Rosenfeld, H., Elizur, A., Levavi-Sivan, B.
Regulation of fish gonadotropins. Int. Rev. Cytology
225, 131-185 (2003).
65. Yaron, Z . et al. Spawning
induction in the carp: Past experience and future
prospects – a review. Isr. J. aquaculture 61, 5-26.
(2009).
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
67. Rothbard, S. and Yaron, Z.
Broodstock management and egg and larval quality
of carp. In "Broodstock Management and Egg
and Larval Quality" (N.R. Bromage and R.J.
Roberts, Eds.). Blackwell Science, pp. 321-352 (1995).
68. Yaron, Z., Sivan, B., Drori,
S. and Rothbard, S. The Endocrine control of reproduction
in the carp. In "The Carp" (G. Wohlfarth
and G.Hulata, Eds.). Israel Fish Breeding Association.
(1995). (Hebrew).
69. Rothbard, S., Yaron, Z. and
Lubzens, E. Technology of carp breeding. In "The
Carp" (G. Wohlfarth and G. Hulata, Eds.). Israel
Fish Breeding Association. (1995). (Hebrew).
70. Poncelet, A.C., Yaron, Z.,
Levavi-Sivan, B., Martial, J.A. and Muller, M. Regulation
of prolactin gene expression in fishes. In: "Recent
Advances in Marine Biotechnology" (R. Nagabhushanan,
M.F. Thompson and M. Fingerman, Eds.). Oxford and
IBH New Delhi, pp. 383-405. (1996).
71. Yaron, Z. and Sivan, B. Reproduction.
In “The Physiology of Fishes” (Evans, D.H. and Claibourne,
J.B., Eds.). Third edition, CRC Press, Taylor &
Francis, Boca Raton , pp. 343-386. (2006).
72. Yaron,
Z. and Levavi-Sivan, B. Endocrine Regulation
of Fish Reproduction. In: "Encyclopedia of
Fish Physiology From Genome to Environment"
(Farrell, A.P., Ed.) Elsevire on line encyclopedia
(in press).
PAPERS PRESENTED IN SYMPOSIA
92. Melamed, P., Eliahou, N., Ofir, M., Levavi-Sivan,
B., Gur, G., Rentier-Delrue, F., Smal, J., Naor,
Z. and Yaron. Z. Studies on the
regulation of growth hormone in tilapia. In: "Improving
the Knowledge Base in Modern Aquaculture. (H. Rosenthal,
B. Moav and H. Gordin, eds.) Europ. Aqua. Soc. Spec.
Publ. No. 25. (1995).
93. Yaron, Z. Gur, G., Melamed,
P., Levavi-Sivan, B., Gissis, A., Bayer, D., Elizur,
A., Holland, C., Zohar, Y. and Schreibman, M.P.
Blocks along the hypothal- amo-hypophyseal-gonadal
axis in immature black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus.
In: Proc. 5th. Int. Symp. Reproductive Physiology
of Fish, Austin 1995. (F. Goetz and P. Thomas, eds.),
FishSymp95, University of Texas at Austin. pp. 22-24.
(1995).
94. Gur, G., Melamed, P., Levavi-Sivan, B., Holland,
C., Gissis, A., Elizur, A., Zohar, Y. and Yaron,
Z. Long-term testosterone treatment stimulates
GTH II synthesis and release in the pituitary of
the black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus. In: Proc.
5th Int. Symp. Reproductive Physiology of Fish,
Austin 1995. (F. Goetz and P.Thomas, eds.), FishSymp95,
University of Texas at Austin p. 32. (1995).
95. Schreibman, M.P., Magliulio-Cepriano, L. Pennant,
M., Yaron, Z. and Gur, G. Observations
of the brain-pituitary-gonad axis in immature black
carp. In: Proc. 5th Int. Symp. Reproductive Physiology
of Fish, Austin 1995. (F. Goetz and P. Thomas, eds.),
FishSymp95, University of Texas at Austin. p. 77.
(1995).
96. Melamed, P., Gur, G., Levavi-Sivan, B., Elizur,
A. and Yaron. Z. Intracellular
mediation of the GnRH effect on transcription of
the tilapia GTH IIß gene. In: Proc. 5th Int. Symp.
Reproductive Physiology of Fish, Austin 1995. (F.
Goetz and P.Thomas, eds.), FishSymp95, University
of Texas at Austin. p. 38. (1995).
97. Gur, G., Melamed, P., Zilberstein, Y., Cohen,
Y., Rosenfeld, H., Zmora, N., Elizur, A., and Yaron,
Z. Effects of GnRH and steroids on the
transcription of the tilapia glycoprotein hormone
subunit gene. In: Recent Developemnt in Comparative
Endocrinology and Neurobiology (E.W. Robous, S.E.
Wendelaar-Bonga, H. Vaudry and A. De Loof, eds.).
European Society for Comparative Endocrinology,
Nijmegen. (1999). pp. 29-30.
98. Yaron, Z., Sivan, B., Drori,
S. and Kulikovsky, Z. Spawning induction in cyprinids:
hypophyseal and hypothalamic approaches. Acquacolture
Internazionale, Verona (1999).
99. Gur, G., Melamed, P., Rosenfeld, H., Elizur,
A. and Yaron, Z. Mechanisms involved
in the effect of GnRH, PACAP, and NPY on gonadotropin
subunit mRNAs in tilapia pituitary cells. In: Proceedings
of the 6th International Symposium on Reproductive
Physiology of Fish, Bergen 1999 (B. Norberg, O.S.
Kjesbu, G.L. Taranger, E. Andersson and S.O. Stefansson,
eds.). University of Bergen, pp. 466-468. (2000).
100. Kandel-Kfir, M., Gur, G., Melamed, P., Zmora,
N., Kobayashi, M., Elizur, A. and Yaron,
Z. FSHb and
LHb mRNAs in maturing
male and female common carp (Cyprinus carpio ) and
the response to GnRH. In: Proceedings of the 6th
International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology
of Fish, Bergen 1999 (B. Norberg, O.S. Kjesbu, G.L.
Taranger, E. Andersson and S.O. Stefansson, eds.).
University of Bergen, p. 483 (2000).
101. Rosenfeld, H., Meiri, I, Melamed, P., Gur,
G., Yaron, Z. and Elizur, A. Characterization
of the tilapia b FSH
gene and the analysis of its splice variants In:
Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on
Reproductive Physiology of Fish, Bergen 1999 (B.
Norberg, O.S. Kjesbu, G.L. Taranger, E. Andersson
and S.O. Stefansson, eds.). University of Bergen,
p. 484. (2000).
102. Zilberstein1, Y., Cohen, Y., Gur, G., Rosenfeld,
H. Elizur, A. and Yaron, Z. Nonylphenol
as a xenoestrogen in tilapia – hypophyseal effects.
In: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium
on Reproductive Physiology of Fish, Bergen 1999
(B. Norberg, O.S. Kjesbu, G.L. Taranger, E. Andersson
and S.O. Stefansson, eds.). University of Bergen,
p. 374. (2000).
103. Cohen, Y., Zilberstein, Y. and Yaron,
Z. Effect of native and xenoestrogen on
the pituitary- gonadal axis in male tilapia. In:
Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on
Reproductive Physiology of Fish, Bergen 1999 (B.
Norberg, O.S. Kjesbu, G.L. Taranger, E. Andersson
and S.O. Stefansson, eds.). University of Bergen,
p. 375. (2000).
104. Elizur, A., Zmora, N., Meiri, I., Kasoto, H.,
Rosenfeld, H, Kobayashi, M, Zohar, Y. and Yaron,
Z. Gonadotropins - from genes to recombinant
proteins. In: Proceedings of the 6th International
Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish, Bergen
1999 (B. Norberg, O.S. Kjesbu, G.L. Taranger, E.
Andersson and S.O. Stefansson, eds.). University
of Bergen, pp. 462-465. (2000).
105. Gur G., Bonfil, D., Safarian, H., Naor, Z.
and Z. Yaron. Role of mitogen-
activated protein kinase (MAPK) in GnRH receptor
signaling in tilapia pituitary cells. In: Perspective
in Comparative Endocrinology: Unity and Diversity
(Goos, H.J.Th., Rastogi, R.K., Vaudry, H. and Pierantoni,
R. Eds.). Monduzzi Editore, Bologna. pp. 53-61 (2001).
106. Safarian, H., Gur, G., Rosenfeld, H., Yaron,
Z. and Levavi-Sivan, B. Regulation of GnRH
receptors in tilapia pituitary. In: Perspective
in Comparative Endocrinology: Unity and Diversity
(Goos, H.J.Th., Rastogi, R.K., Vaudry, H. and Pierantoni,
R. Eds.). Monduzzi Editore, Bologna. pp. 639-645
(2001).
107. Yaron,
Z ., Gur, G., and Rosenfeld, H. Gonadotropin
subunit genes in tilapia are differentially regulated
by GnRH, PACAP and NPY: Divergence of signal transduction
pathways. 6 th International Symposium on Fish Endopcrinology,
Calgary , Satellite Symposium Abstract Sat 10 (2008)
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