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Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran

Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
39
Citations
5615
World Ranking
1285
National Ranking
5

Overview

Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran is affiliated with the University of Hyderabad in India and specializes in research within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work emphasizes several subfields including Genetics, Physiology, Reproductive Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

Their primary research topics focus on genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, reproductive biology and its impacts on aquatic species, animal genetics and reproduction, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, sperm and testicular function, reproductive system and pregnancy, and aquaculture nutrition and growth.

Senthilkumaran has an extensive publication record with recent papers such as:

  • Steroidogenesis and its regulation in teleost-a review, 2020, Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Endocrine disruptors in teleosts: Evaluating environmental risks and biomarkers, 2020, Aquaculture and Fisheries
  • Development and organisation of gonadal steroidogenesis in bony fishes - A review, 2020, Aquaculture and Fisheries
  • Sex Determination and Differentiation in Teleost: Roles of Genetics, Environment, and Brain, 2021, Biology
  • Role of sox family genes in teleostean reproduction-an overview, 2021, Reproduction and Breeding

Frequent co-authors in Senthilkumaran's research include Sonika Kar, Sajwan-Khatri Mamta, Swathi Tenugu, Akanksha Pranoty, and Arumugam Anitha. Collaboration within these networks appears consistent across multiple studies contributing to the understanding of endocrinology and genetics in aquatic species.

The scientist's work is predominantly published in journals focused on aquatic biology and endocrinology. Key publication venues include:

  • Aquaculture and Fisheries
  • General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Cells

Best Publications

  • Synergistic Expression of Ad4BP/SF-1 and Cytochrome P-450 Aromatase (Ovarian Type) in the Ovary of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, During Vitellogenesis Suggests Transcriptional Interaction

    Yasutoshi Yoshiura;Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran;Masatada Watanabe;Masatada Watanabe;Yuichi Oba;Yuichi Oba

  • A shift in steroidogenesis occurring in ovarian follicles prior to oocyte maturation

    Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran;Michiyasu Yoshikuni;Yoshitaka Nagahama

  • Distribution and seasonal variations in levels of three native GnRHs in the brain and pituitary of perciform fish.

    B Senthilkumaran;K Okuzawa;K Gen;T Ookura

  • Identification of multiple dmrt1s in catfish: localization, dimorphic expression pattern, changes during testicular cycle and after methyltestosterone treatment.

    Kavarthapu Raghuveer;Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran

  • Steroidogenesis and its regulation in teleost-a review

    Anbazhagan Rajakumar;Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran

  • Effects of serotonin, GABA and neuropeptide Y on seabream gonadotropin releasing hormone release in vitro from preoptic-anterior hypothalamus and pituitary of red seabream, Pagrus major.

    B. Senthilkumaran;K. Okuzawa;K. Gen;H. Kagawa

  • Ovarian Carbonyl Reductase-Like 20β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Shows Distinct Surge in Messenger RNA Expression During Natural and Gonadotropin-Induced Meiotic Maturation in Nile Tilapia

    Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran;Cheni Chery Sudhakumari;Xiao Tian Chang;Tohru Kobayashi

  • Thiourea-induced thyroid hormone depletion impairs testicular recrudescence in the air-breathing catfish, Clarias gariepinus

    I. Swapna;M. Rajasekhar;A. Supriya;K. Raghuveer

  • Fulminant Hepatic Failure in Rats Induces Oxidative Stress Differentially in Cerebral Cortex, Cerebellum and Pons Medulla

    K. V. Sathyasaikumar;I. Swapna;P. V. B. Reddy;Ch. R. K. Murthy

  • Dimorphic expression of various transcription factor and steroidogenic enzyme genes during gonadal ontogeny in the air-breathing catfish, Clarias gariepinus.

    K. Raghuveer;B. Senthilkumaran;C.C. Sudhakumari;P. Sridevi

  • Co-administration of C-Phycocyanin ameliorates thioacetamide-induced hepatic encephalopathy in Wistar rats

    K.V. Sathyasaikumar;I. Swapna;P.V.B. Reddy;Ch.R.K. Murthy

  • Endosulfan and flutamide impair testicular development in the juvenile Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus.

    A. Rajakumar;R. Singh;S. Chakrabarty;R. Murugananthkumar

  • Molecular cloning of DAX1 and SHP cDNAs and their expression patterns in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus.

    De Shou Wang;Tohru Kobayashi;Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran;Fumie Sakai

  • Isolation of sox9 duplicates in catfish: localization, differential expression pattern during gonadal development and recrudescence, and hCG-induced up-regulation of sox9 in testicular slices

    Kavarthapu Raghuveer;Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran

  • Cloning and differential expression of FOXL2 during ovarian development and recrudescence of the catfish, Clarias gariepinus.

    P. Sridevi;B. Senthilkumaran

  • Cloning, expression and enzyme activity analysis of testicular 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase during seasonal cycle and after hCG induction in air-breathing catfish Clarias gariepinus.

    M.K. Rasheeda;H. Kagawa;R. Kirubagaran;A. Dutta-Gupta

  • Molecular cloning of two isoforms of 11β-hydroxylase and their expressions in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

    Wei-Li Zhang;Lin-Yan Zhou;Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran;Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran;Bao-Feng Huang

  • FTZ-F1 and FOXL2 up-regulate catfish brain aromatase gene transcription by specific binding to the promoter motifs.

    P. Sridevi;R.K. Chaitanya;Aparna Dutta-Gupta;B. Senthilkumaran

  • Pesticide- and sex steroid analogue-induced endocrine disruption differentially targets hypothalamo-hypophyseal-gonadal system during gametogenesis in teleosts - A review.

    Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran

  • Cytochrome P450 aromatases: Impact on gonadal development, recrudescence and effect of hCG in the catfish, Clarias gariepinus

    M.K. Rasheeda;P. Sridevi;B. Senthilkumaran

  • Cloning and differential expression pattern of vasa in the developing and recrudescing gonads of catfish, Clarias gariepinus.

    Kavarthapu Raghuveer;Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran

  • Endosulfan and flutamide, alone and in combination, target ovarian growth in juvenile catfish, Clarias batrachus

    S. Chakrabarty;A. Rajakumar;K. Raghuveer;P. Sridevi

  • Sex Determination and Differentiation in Teleost: Roles of Genetics, Environment, and Brain.

    Preetha Rajendiran;Faizul Jaafar;Sonika Kar;Chenichery Sudhakumari

  • Molecular characterization and quantification of the gonadotropin receptors FSH-R and LH-R from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

    C. Mittelholzer;E. Andersson;G.L. Taranger;D. Consten

  • Periovulatory changes in hypothalamic and pituitary monoamines following GnRH analogue treatment in the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis: a study correlating changes in plasma hormone profiles

    KP Joy;B Senthilkumaran;CC Sudhakumari

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshitaka Nagahama
Yoshitaka Nagahama National Institute for Basic Biology
Yoshitaka Nagahama
Yoshitaka Nagahama Ehime University
Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Kumarasamy Thangaraj Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Minoru Tanaka
Minoru Tanaka Nagoya University
Rajiv Ranjan
Rajiv Ranjan Newcastle University
Dagmar Wilhelm
Dagmar Wilhelm University of Melbourne
Jan Bogerd
Jan Bogerd Utrecht University
Renate Scheibe
Renate Scheibe Osnabrück University
Ishwar S. Parhar
Ishwar S. Parhar University of Toyama
Ken-ichirou Morohashi
Ken-ichirou Morohashi Kyushu University

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