2016

1.   Gan, Z., Chen, S.N., Huang, B., Hou, J. & Nie, P. (acepted). Intronless and intron-containing type IFN genes coexist in amphibian Xenopus tropicalis: insights into the origin and evolution of type I IFNs in vertebrates. Developmental and Comparative Immunology.

2.   Chen, S.N., Zhang, X.W., Li, L., Ruan, B.Y., Huang, B., Huang, W.S., Zou, P.F., Fu, J.P., Zhao, L.J., Li, N. & Nie, P. (2016). Type III IFNs in tetrapod vertebrates: conservation and variation in gene composition, and functional characterization in lizard reptiles. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 61: 208-224.

3.   Gan, Z., Chen, S., Hou, J., Huo, H., Zhang, X., Ruan, B., Laghari, Z.A., Li, L., Lu, Y. & Nie, P., (2016). Molecular and functional characterization of peptidoglycanrecognition protein SC2 (PGRP-SC2) from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) involved in the immune response to Streptococcus agalactiae. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 54: 1-10.

4.   Lu, J.F., Wang, W.N., Wang, G.L., Zhang, H., Zhou, Y., Gao, Z.P., Nie, P. & Nie, P. (2016). Edwardsiella tardaEscE (Orf13 Protein) is a type III secretion system-secreted protein that is required for the injection of effectors, secretion of translocators, and pathogenesis in fish. Infection and Immunity 84: 2-10.

5.   Lu, L.-F., Li, S., Lu, X.-B., LaPatra, S.E., Zhang, N., Zhang, X.-J., Chen, D.-D., Nie, P. & Zhang, Y.-A. (2016). Spring viremia of carp virus protein suppresses fish IFN f1 production by targeting the mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein. Journal of Immunology 196: 3744-3753.

6.   Luo Z. Liu, Z. Fu, J., Zhang, Q., Huang, B. & Nie, P. (2016). Immunogenicity and protective role of antigenic regions from fi ve outer membrane proteins of Flavobacterium columnare in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 34: 1247-1257.

7.   Xu, Q., Jiang, Y., Wangkahart, E., Zou, J., Chang, M., Yang, D., Secombes, C.J., Nie, P. & Wang, T. (2016). Sequence and sxpression analysis of interferon regulatory factor 10 (IRF10) in three diverse teleost fish reveals tts role in antiviral defense. PLoS One 11: e0147181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147181.

8.   Yi, J., Xiao, S.B., Zeng, Z.X., Lu, J.F., Liu, L.Y., Laghari, Z.A., Nie, P., Yu, H.B., Xie, H.X. (2016). EseE of Edwardsiella tarda augments secretion of translocon protein EseC and expression of the escC-eseE Operon. Infection and Immunity 84: 2336-2344.

9.   Zhang, Y., Nie, P., Lin, L. (2016). Complete genome sequence of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare Pf1. Genome Announcements 4: e00900-16.

10.  Zhang, L., Liu, Z., Fu, J., Zhang, Q., Huang, B., Nie, P. (2016). Immunogenicity and protective role of antigenic regions from five outer membrane proteins of Flavobacterium columnare in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 34: 1247-1257.

11.   Zou, P.F., Chang, M.X., Li, Y., Xue, N.N., Li, J.H., Chen, S.N. & Nie, P. (2016). NOD2 in zebrafish funtions in a antibacterial and also antiviral responses via NF-kB, and also MDA5, RIG-1 and MAVS. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 55: 173-185.

2015

12.   Locke, S.A., Al-Nasiri, F.S., Caffara, M., Drago, F., Kalbe, M., Lapierre, A.L., McLaughlin, J.D., Nie, P., Overstreat, R.B., Souza, G.T.R., Takemoto, R.M. & Marcogliese, D.J. (2015). Diversity, specificity and speciation in larval Diplostomidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) in the eyes of freshwater fish, as revealed by DNA barcodes. International Journal for Parasitology 45: 841-855. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.07.001

13.   Huang, B., Jia, Q.Q., Liang, Y., Huang, W.S. & Nie, P. (2015). Interferon regulatory factor 10 (IRF10): cloning in orange spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides, and evolutionary analysis in vertebrates. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 46(2): 669-677.

14.   Li, N., Qin, T., Zhang, X.L., Huang, B., Liu, Z.X., Xie, H.X., Zhang, J., McBride, M.J. & Nie, P. (2015). Development and use of a gene deletion strategy to examine the two chondroitin lyases in virulence of Flavobacterium columnare. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81(21): 7349-7402. doi:10.1128/AEM.01586-15.

15.   Gao, Z.P., Nie, P., Lu, J.F., Liu, L.Y., Xiao, T.Y., Liu, W., Liu, J.S. & Xie, H.X. (2015). Type III secretion system translocon component EseB forms filaments on and mediates autoaggrelation of and biofilm formation by Edwardsiella tarda. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 81:000–000. doi:10.1128/AEM.01254-15.

16.   Chen, W.Q., Hu, Y.W., Zou, P.F., Ren, S.S., Nie, P. & Chang, M.X. (2015). MAVS splicing variants contribute to the induction of interferon and interferon-stimulated genes mediated by RIG-I-like receptors. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 49: 19-30.

17.   Qi, Z.T., Jiang, Y.S., Holland, J.W., Nie, P., Secombes, C.J. & Wang, T. (2015). Identification and expression analysis of an atypical chemokine receptor-2 (ACKR2)/CC chemokine binding protein-2 (CCBP2) in rainbow trout (Oncorhynuchus mykiss). Fish and Shellfish Immunology 44: 389-398.

18.   Xie, H.X., Lu, J.F., Zhou, Y., Yi, J., Yu, X.-J., Leung, K.Y. & Nie, P. (2015). Identifcation and functional characterization of the novel Edwardsiella tarda effector EseJ. Infection and Immunity 83: 1650-1660.

19.   Zou, P.F., Chang, M.X., Li, Y., Zhang, S.H., Fu, J.P., Chen, S.N. & Nie, P. (2015). Higher antiviral response of RIG-I through enhancing RIG-I/MAVS-mediated signaling by its long insertion variant in zebrafish. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 43: 13-24.

2014

20.   Zou, P.F., Chang, M.X., Xue, N.N., Liu, X.Q., Li, J.H., Fu, J.P., Chen, S.N. &Nie, P. (2014). Melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 in zebrafish provoking higher interferon-promoter activity through signalling enhancing of its shorter splicing variant. Immunology 141: 192-202.

21.   Fu, J.P., Chen, S.N., Zou, P.F., Huang, B., Guo, Z., Zeng, L.B., Qin, Q.W. &Nie, P. (2014). IFN-γ in turtle: Conservation in sequence and signalling and role in inhibiting iridovirus replication in Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 43: 87-95.

22.   Hu, Y.W., Yu, Z.L., Xue, N.N., Nie, P.& Chang, M.X. (2014). Expression and protective role of two novel NACHT-containing proteins in pathogen infection. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 46: 323-332.

23.   Huang, B., Huang, W.S. &Nie, P. (2014). Cloning and expression analyses of interferon regulatory factor (IRF) 3 and 7 genes in European eel, Anguilla anguilla with the identification of genes involved in IFN production. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 37: 239-247.

24.   Li, J.H., Yu, Z.L., Xue, N.N., Zou, P.F., Hu, J.Y., Nie, P.& Chang, M.X. (2014). Molecular cloning and functional characterization of peptidoglycan recognition protein 6 in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 42: 244-255.

25.   Li, S., Lu, L.F., Feng, H., Wu, N., Chen, D.D., Zhang, Y.B., Gui, J.F., Nie, P.& Zhang, Y.-A. (2014). IFN regulator factor 10 is a negative regulator of the IFN responses in fish. Journal of Immunology 193: 1100-1109.

26.   Liu, Y., Whipps, C.M., Nie, P., Gu, Z. (2014). Myxobolus oralis sp. n. (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) infecting the palate in the mouth of gibel carp Carassius auratus gibelio (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae). Folia Parasitologica 61: 505-511.

27.   Tian, J.Y., Qi, Z.T., Chang, M.X. & Nie, P. (2014). Complementary DNA sequences of the constant regions of T-cell antigen receptors α, β and g in mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi Basilewsky, and their transcriptional changes after stimulation with Flavobacterium columnare. Journal of Fish Diseases 37: 89-101.

28.   Wang, X.H., Wang, K.R., Nie, P., Chen, X.H. & Ao, J.Q. (2014). Establishment and characterization of a head kidney cell line from large yellow croaker Pseudosciaena crocea. Journal of Fish Biology 84: 1551-1161.

29.   Xie, H.X., Lu, J.F., Rolhion, N., Holden, D.W., Nie, P., Zhou, Y. & Yu, X.J. (2014). Edwardsiella tarda-induced cytotoxicity depends on its type III secretion system and flagellin. Infection and Immunity 82: 3436-3445.

30.   Xu, Q.Q., Li, R.G., Monte, M.M., Jiang, Y.S., Nie, P., Holland, J.W., Secombes, C.J. & Wang, T. (2014). Sequence and expression analysis of rainbow trout CXCR2, CXCR3a and CXCR3b aids interpretation of lineage-specific conversion, loss and expansion of these receptors during vertebrate evolution. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 45: 201-213.

31.   Xu, Q.Q., Yang, D.Q., Tuo, R., Wan, J., Chang, M.X. & Nie, P. (2014) Gene cloning and induced expression pattern of IRF4 and IRF10 in the Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus). Zoological Research 35: 380-388.

32.   Yu, Z.L., Li. J.H, Xue, N.N., Nie, P. & Chang, M.X. (2014). Expression and functional characterization of PGRP6 splice variants in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 47: 264-274.

33.   Hu, X.J., Hu, X.P., Wen, C.G., Gao, Q., Xie, Y.H., Hu, B.Q., Wu, D., Tao, Z.Y., Li, A.H. (2014). Molecularcloning and characterization of cathepsin L from freshwater mussel, Cristaria plicata. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 40: 446-454.

34.   Qi, Z.T., Chang, L.J., Zhang, Q.H., Wang, Z.S., Qiu, M., Huang, Y., Gao, Q. (2014). Molecular cloning, expression and in silico analysis of a long type peptidoglycan recognition protein from tongue sole, Cynoglossus semilaevis.Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 44: 181-190.

2013

35.   Chang, M.X., Zou, J., Nie, P., Huang, B., Yu, Z.L., Collet, B. & Secombes, C.J. (2013). Intracellular interferons in fish: A unique means to combat viral infection. PLoS Pathogens 9: e1003736.

36.   Chen, J., Xu, Q.Q., Wang, T., Collet, B., Corripio-Miyar, Y., Bird, S., Xie, P., Nie, P., Secombes, C.J. & Zou, J. (2013). Phylogenetic analysis of vertebrate CXC chemokines reveals novel lineage specific groups in teleost fish. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 41: 137-152.

37.   Chen, S.N., Huang, B., Zhang, X.W., Li, Y., Zhao, L.J., Li, N., Gao, Q. &Nie, P. (2013). IFN-g and its receptors in a reptile reveal the evolutionary conservation of type II IFNs in vertebrates. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 41: 587-596.

38.   Fu, J.P., Luo, Z., Yan, Y., Zou, P.F., Zhang, S.H., Qin, Q.W. &Nie, P. (2013). Establishment of a cell line from Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis with the practicability of transfection and viral replication. Fish Pathology 48: 126-134.

39.   Guo, Z. & Nie, P. (2013). Sequencing and expression analysis of CD3γ/δ and CD3ε chains in mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 31: 106-117.

40.   Guo, Z., Wang, G.L., Fu, J.P. &Nie, P. (2013). Characterization and expression of CD8 molecules in mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi. Journal of Fish Biology 82, 189-205.

41.   Huang, B., Huang, W.S. &Nie, P. (2013). Characterization of four Mx isoforms in the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 35: 1048-1054.

42.   Li, J.H., Chang, M.X., Xue, N.N., Nie, P. (2013). Functional characterization of short peptidoglycan recognition protein, PGRP5 in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 35: 221-230.

43.   Pan, T.S. &Nie, P. (2013). The complete mitochondrial genome of Pallisentis celatus (Acanthocephala) with phylogenetic analysis of acanthocephalans and rotifers. Folia Parasitologica 60: 181-191.

44.   Zhao, L.J., Lu, J.F., Nie, P., Li, A.H., Xiong, B.X. & Xie, H.X. (2013). Roles of plasmid-encoded proteins, EseH, EseI and EscD in invasion, replication and virulence of Edwardsiella ictaluri. Veterinary Microbiology 166: 233-241.

2012

45.   Li, N., Zhang, L.Q., Zhang, J., Liu, Z.X., Huang, B., Zhang, S.H. & Nie, P. (2012) Type I restriction-modification system and its resistance in electroporation efficiency in Flavobacterium columnare. Veterinary Microbiology160: 61-68.

46.   Zhao, Q.P., Jiang, M.S., Dong. H.F. & Nie, P. (2012). Diversification of Schistosoma japonicum in Mainland China revealed by mitochondrial DNA. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6:e1503.

47.   Zhang, S.H., Zhu, D.D., Chang, M.X., Zhao, Q.P., Jiao, R., Huang, B., Fu, J.P., Liu, Z.X. & Nie P. (2012). Three goose-type lysozymes in the gastropod Oncomelania hupensis: cDNA sequences and lytic activity of recombinant proteins. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 36:241-246.

48.   Zhang, J., Zou, H., Wang, L.F., Huang, B., Li, N., Wang, G.T. & Nie, P. (2012). Construction of two selectable markers for integrative/conjugative plasmids in Flavobacterium columnare. Chinese Journalof Oceanology and Limnology 30:269-278.

49.   Wang, H., Zhao, Q.P., Nie, P., Jiang, M.S. & Song, J.(2012). Identification of differentially expressed genes in Oncomelania hupensis chronically infected with Schistosoma japonicum. Experimental Parasitology 130:374-383.

50.   Liu, Z.X,, Liu, G,Y., Li, N., Xiao, F.S., Xie, H.X. & Nie, P.(2012). Identification of immunogenic proteins of Flavobacterium columnare by two-dimensional electrophoresis immunoblotting with antibacterial sera from grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes). Journal of Fish Diseases, 35: 255-263.

51.   Wang, G., Li J., Zou, P., Xie, H., Huang, B., Nie, P. & Chang, M. (2012). Expression pattern, promoter activity and bactericidal property of β-defensin from the mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 33: 522-531.

2011

52.   Chang, M.X., Collet, B., Nie, P., Lester, K., Campbell, S. & Secombes, C.J., Zou, J. (2011). Expression and functional characterization of the RIG-I-like receptors MDA5 and LGP2 in Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).Journal of Virology 85:8403-8412.

53.   Chang, M.X., Wang, T., Nie, P., Zou, J. & Secombes, C.J. (2011). Cloning of two rainbow trout nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 2 (NOD2) splice variants and functional characterization of the NOD2 effector domains. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 30:118-127.

54.   Guo, H.Z., Zou, P.F., Fu, J.P., Guo, Z., Zhu, B.K., Nie, P. & Chang, M.X.(2011). Characterization of two C-type lectin-like domain (CTLD)-containing proteins from the cDNA library of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 30:515-524.

55.   Li, W.X., Song, R., Wu, S.G., Zou, H., Nie, P. & Wang, G.T. (2011). Seasonal occurrence of helminths in the anadromous fish Coilia nasus (Engraulidae): parasite indicators of fish migratory movements. Journal ofParasitology 97:192-196.

56.   Wei, Y.C., Pan, T.S., Chang, M.X., Huang, B., Xu, Z., Luo, T.R. & Nie, P. (2011). Cloning and expression of Toll-like receptors 1 and 2 from a teleost fish, the orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides. Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology 141: 173-182.

57.   Yan, W., Nie, P. & Lu, Y. (2011). Establishment, characterization and viral susceptibility of a new cell line derived from goldfish, Carassius auratus (L.), tail fin. Journal of Fish Diseases 34:757-768.

2010

58.   Chang, M.X., Chen, W.Q. & Nie, P. (2010). Structure and expression pattern of teleost caspase recruitment domain (CARD) containing proteins that are potentially involved in NF-kappaB signalling. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 34:1-13.

59.   Chen, D., Guo, X. & Nie, P. (2010). Phylogenetic studies of sinipercid fish (Perciformes: Sinipercidae) based on multiple genes, with first application of an immune-related gene, the virus-induced protein (viperin) gene. Molecular Phylogenettics & Evolution 55:1167-1176.

60.   Chen, W.Q., Xu, Q.Q., Chang, M.X., Nie, P. & Peng, K.M. (2010). Molecular characterization and expression analysis of nuclear oligomerization domain proteins NOD1 and NOD2 in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 28:18-29.

61.   Chen, W.Q., Xu, Q.Q., Chang, M.X., Zou, J., Secombes, C.J., Peng, K.M. & Nie, P. (2010). Molecular characterization and expression analysis of the IFN-gamma related gene (IFN-gammarel) in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology 134:199-207.

62.   Huang, B., Qi, Z.T., Xu, Z. & Nie, P. (2010). Global characterization of interferon regulatory factor (IRF) genes in vertebrates: glimpse of the diversification in evolution. BMC Immunology 11:22.

63.   Li, N., Zhang, J., Zhang, L.Q. & Nie, P. (2010). Difference in genes between a high virulence strain G4 and a low virulence strain G18 of Flavobacterium columnare by using suppression subtractive hybridization. Journal of Fish Diseases 33: 403-412.

64.   Li, W.X., Wang, G.T., Yao, W.J. & Nie, P. (2010). Frequency distribution and seasonal dynamics of intestinal helminths in the yellowhead catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco from Liangzi Lake, China. Comparative Parasitology 77:31-36.

65.   Qi, Z., Nie, P., Secombes, C.J. & Zou, J. (2010). Intron-containing type I and type III IFN coexist in amphibians: refuting the concept that a retroposition event gave rise to type I IFNs. Journal of Immunology 184:5038-5046.

66.   Tan, X.L., Shi, X.L., Liu, G.J., Xu, H.L. & Nie, P. (2010). An approach to analyzing taxonomic patterns of protozoan communities for monitoring water quality in Songhua River, northeast China. Hydrobiologia 638: 193-201.

67.   Wang, T., Gao, Q., Nie, P. & Secombes, C.J. (2010). Identification of suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) 6, 7, 9 and CISH in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and analysis of their expression in relation to other known trout SOCS. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 29:656-667.

68.   Xiao, F.S., Wang, Y.P., Yan, W., Chang, M.X., Yao, W.J., Xu, Q.Q., Wang, X.X., Gao, Q. & Nie, P. (2010). Ig heavy chain genes and their locus in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 29:594-599.

69.   Xie, H.X., Yu, H.B., Zheng, J., Nie, P., Foster, L.J., Mok, Y.K., Finlay, B.B. & Leung, K.Y. (2010). EseG, an effector of the type III secretion system of Edwardsiella tarda, triggers microtubule destabilization. Infection & Immunity 78:5011-5021.

70.   Xu, Q.Q., Chang, M.X., Xiao, F.S., Huang, B. & Nie, P. (2010). The gene and virus-induced expression of IRF-5 in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology 134:269-278.

71.   Zhang, S.H., Zhao, Q.P., Jiao, R., Gao, Q. & Nie, P. (2010). Identification of polymorphic microsatellites for the intermediate host Oncomelania hupensis of Schistosoma japonicum in China. Malacologia 53:147-153.

72.   Zhao, Q.P., Jiang, M.S., Littlewood, D.T. & Nie, P. (2010). Distinct genetic diversity of Oncomelania hupensis, intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in mainland China as revealed by ITS sequences. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4:e611.

73.   Zhao, Q.P., Zhang, S.H., Deng, Z.R., Jiang, M.S. & Nie, P. (2010). Conservation and variation in mitochondrial genomes of gastropods Oncomelania hupensis and Tricula hortensis, intermediate host snails of Schistosoma in China. Molecular Phylogenettics & Evolution 57:215-226.

2009

74.   Chang, M.X., Nie, P., Collet, B., Secombes, C.J. & Zou, J. (2009). Identification of an additional two-cysteine containing type I interferon in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss provides evidence of a major gene duplication event within this gene family in teleosts. Immunogenetics 61:315-325.

75.   Chang, M.X., Wang, Y.P. & Nie, P. (2009). Zebrafish peptidoglycan recognition protein SC (zfPGRP-SC) mediates multiple intracellular signaling pathways. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 26:264-274.

76.   Gao, D., Wang, G.T., Chen, X.T. & Nie, P. (2009). Metallothionein-2 gene from the mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi: cDNA cloning, tissue expression, and immunohistochemical localization. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology149:18-25.

77.   Gao, Q., Nie, P., Thompson, K.D, Adams, A., Wang, T., Secombes, C.J. & Zou, J. (2009). The search for the IFN-gamma receptor in fish: Functional and expression analysis of putative binding and signalling chains in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 33:920-931.

78.   Li, W.X., Nie, P., Wang, G.T. & Yao, W.J. (2009). Communities of gastrointestinal helminths of fish in historically connected habitats: habitat fragmentation effect in a carnivorous catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco from seven lakes in flood plain of the Yangtze River, China. Parasites &Vectors2: 22.

79.   Li, Y., Sun, B.J., Wu, H.J. & Nie, P. (2009). Effects of pure microcystin-LR on the transcription of immune related genes and heat shock proteins in larval stage of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Aquaculture289:154-160.

80.   Liu, Y., Chang, M.X., Wu, S.G. & Nie, P. (2009). Characterization of C-C chemokine receptor subfamily in teleost fish. Molecular Immunology 46:498-504.

81.   Tian, J.Y., Sun, B., Luo, Y., Zhang, Y. & Nie, P. (2009). Distribution of IgM, IgD and IgZ in mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi lymphoid tissues and their transcriptional changes after Flavobacterium columnare stimulation. Aquaculture 288:14-21.

82.   Tian, J.Y., Xie, H.X., Zhang, Y.A., Xu, Z., Yao, W.J. & Nie, P. (2009). Ontogeny of IgM-producing cells in the mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi identified by in situ hybridisation. Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology 132:146-152.

83.   Wei, L.L., Sun, B.J., Chang, M.X., Liu, Y. & Nie, P. (2009). Effects of cyanobacterial toxin microcystin-LR on the transcription levels of immune-related genes in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Environmental Biology of Fishes 85:231-238.

84.   Wu, S.G., Wang, G.T., Xi, B.W., Xiong, F., Liu, T. & Nie, P. (2009). Population genetic structure of the parasitic nematode Camallanus cotti inferred from DNA sequences of ITS1 rDNA and the mitochondrial COI gene. Veterinary Parasitology 164:248-256.

85.   Xi, B.W., Wang, G.T., Wu, S.G. & Nie, P. (2009). New record of genus Atractolytocestus in China with redescription of A. sagittatus (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea) from Cyprinus carpio. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 34: 407-410.

86.   Xiong, F., Wang, G.T., Wu, S.G. & Nie, P. (2009). Development of Eustrongylides ignotus (Nematoda: Dioctophmida) in domestic ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domestica (L.). Journal of Parasitology 95: 1035-1039.

87.   Xu, Z., Wang, G.L. & Nie, P. (2009). IgM, IgD and IgY and their expression pattern in the Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis. Molecular Immunology 46, 2124-2132.

88.   Xu, Z., Chang, M.X., Qi, Z.T., Huang, B. & Nie, P. (2009).Immunoglobulin joining (J) chain and its expression in the Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis). Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology 131:268-272.

89.   Zou, J., Chang, M., Nie, P. & Secombes, C.J. ( 2009). Origin and evolution of the RIG-I like RNA helicase gene family.BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:85.

2008

90.   Chang, M.X. & Nie, P. (2008). RNAi suppression of zebrafish peptidoglycan recognition protein 6 (zfPGRP6) mediated differentially expressed genes involved in Toll-like receptor signaling pathway and caused increased susceptibility to Flavobacterium columnare. Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology 124:295-301.

91.   Gao, D., Wang, G.T., Xi, B.W., Yao, W.J. & Nie, P. (2008). A new species of Allocreadium (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae) from freshwater fishes in the Danjiangkou Reservoir in China. Journal of Parasitology 94:176-180.

92.   Gao, Y., Chang, M.X., Sun, B.J. & Nie, P.(2008). TRAIL in the mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi: gene and its apoptotic effect in HeLa cells. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 24:55-66.

93.   Li, W.X., Wang, G.T. & Nie, P. (2008).Genetic variation of fish parasite populations in historically connected habitats: undetected habitat fragmentation effect on populations of the nematode Procamallanus fulvidraconis in the catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. Journal of Parasitology 94:643-647.

94.   Liu, G.Y., Nie, P., Zhang, J. & Li, N. (2008). Proteomic analysis of the sarcosine-insoluble outer membrane fraction of Flavobacterium columnare. Journal of Fish Diseases 31:269-276.

95.   Moravec, F., Nie, P. & Wang, G.T. (2008). Redescription and systematic status of Neocapilaria phoxini Yu et Wang, 1994 (Nematoda: Capillariidae). Folia Parasitologica 55: 316-318.

96.   Qi, Z.T. & Nie, P. (2008). Comparative study and expression analysis of the interferon gamma gene locus cytokines in Xenopus tropicalis. Immunogenetics 60:699-710.

97.   Song ,Y., Wang, G.T., Yao, W.J., Gao, Q. & Nie, P. (2008).Phylogeny of freshwater parasitic copepods in the Ergasilidae (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) based on 18S and 28S rDNA sequences. Parasitology Research 102:299-306.

98.   Wei, L.L., Sun, B.J. & Nie, P. (2008). Ultrastructural alteration of lymphocytes in spleen and pronephros of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) experimentally exposed to microcystin-LR. Aquaculture 280:270-275.

99.   Wei, L.L., Sun, B.J., Song, L.R. & Nie,P. (2008). Gene expression profiles in liver of zebrafish treated with microcystin-LR. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 26:6-12.

100. Wu, S.G., Wang, G.T., Xi, B.W., Gao, D. & Nie, P. (2008). Molecular characteristics of Camallanus spp. (Spirurida: Camallanidae) in fishes from China based on its rDNA sequences. Journal of Parasitology 94:731-736.

101. Xu, Z.Y., Nie, P., Chang, M.X. & Sun, B.J. (2008). Cloning, characterization and expression analysis of SIMP (source of immunodominant MHC-associated peptides) in grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 24:701-714.

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102. Chang, M.X., Nie, P. & Wei, L.L. (2007). Short and long peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) in zebrafish, with findings of multiple PGRP homologs in teleost fish. Molecular Immunology 44:3005-3023.

103. Chang, M.X. & Nie, P. (2007). Intelectin gene from the grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella: cDNA cloning, tissue expression, and immunohistochemical localization. Fish &Shellfish Immunology 23:128-140.

104. Chang, M.X., Sun, B.J. & Nie, P. (2007). The first non-mammalian CXCR3 in a teleost fish: gene and expression in blood cells and central nervous system in the grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Molecular Immunology 44:1123-1134.

105. Chen, D.L., Guo, X.G. & Nie, P. (2007). Non-monophyly of fish in the Sinipercidae (Perciformes) as inferred from cytochrome b gene. Hydrobiologia583:77-89.

106. Chen, D.L., Wang, G.T., Yao, W.J. & Nie, P. (2007). Utility of ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequences for species discrimination and phylogenetic inference of two closely related bucephalid digeneans (Digenea: Bucephalidae): Dollfustrema vaneyi and Dollfustrema hefeiensisParasitology Research 101:791-800.

107. Gao, Q., Chen, M.X., Yao, W.J., Gao, Y., Song, Y., Wang, G.T., Wang, M.X. & Nie, P. (2007).Phylogeny of diplozoids in five genera of the subfamily diplozoinae palombi, 1949 as inferred from ITS-2 rDNA sequences. Parasitology134:695-703.

108. Harun, N.O., Zou, J., Zhang, Y.A., Nie, P. & Secombes, C.J. (2007). The biological effects of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) recombinant interleukin-8. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 32:673-681.

109. Li, L., Chang, M.X. & Nie, P. (2007). Molecular cloning, promoter analysis and induced expression of the complement component C9 gene in the grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology 118:270-282.

110. Sun, B.J., Chang, M.X., Song, Y., Yao, W.J. & Nie, P. (2007). Gene structure and transcription of IRF-1 and IRF-7 in the mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi. Veterinary Immunology & Immunopathology 116:26-36.

111. Sun, B.J., Xie, H.X., Song, Y. & Nie, P. (2007). Gene structure of an antimicrobial peptide from mandarin fish, Siniperca chuatsi (Basilewsky), suggests that moronecidins and pleurocidins belong in one family: the piscidins. Journal of Fish Diseases 30:335-343.

112. Wu, S.G., Wang, G.T., Xi, B.W., Gao, D. &Nie, P. (2007). Population dynamics and maturation cycle of Camallanus cotti (Nematoda: Camallanidae) in the Chinese hooksnout carp Opsariichthys bidens (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae) from a reservoir in China. Veterinary Parasitology 147, 125-131.