Heat shock proteins (HSPs) encompass both extrinsic chaperones and stress proteins.
These proteins, with molecular weights ranging from 14 to 120 kDa, are conserved across …

Contrary to the view that embryos and larvae are the most fragile stages of life, development
is stable under real-world conditions. Early cleavage embryos are prepared for …

Pesticides and personal care products are two very important groups of contaminants
posing a threat to the aquatic environment and the organisms living in it.. Therefore, this …

Physiological stress can be defined as any external or internal condition that challenges the
homeostasis of a cell or an organism. It can be divided into three different aspects …

Visual impairment and blindness is widespread across the human population, and the
development of therapies for ocular pathologies is of high priority. The zebrafish represents …

The focus of this review is on the regulation and expression of heat shock proteins (HSPs),
in fish. Within the past decade, molecular studies pertaining to the isolation and …

Triclosan (TCS) is a broad spectrum antibacterial agent widely used in personal care
products and present in most aquatic ecosystems. This study investigated the occurrence of …

Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents are often complex mixtures of various organic
and inorganic substances. Quality control of wastewaters and sludges has been regulated …

The zebrafish has become an important vertebrate model organism to study the
development of the visual system. Mutagenesis projects have resulted in the identification of …

Several neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington disease (HD), are associated
with aberrant folding and aggregation of polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion proteins. Here we …