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Winton Cheng is affiliated with the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Taiwan.

The scientific work primarily focuses on research topics intersecting immunology, microbiology, aquaculture, and biological sciences. The main fields of study include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

More specific subfields of study comprise:

  • Immunology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Insect Science

Key research topics covered are:

  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Aquatic life and conservation
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Hsin-Wei Kuo
  • Chin-Chyuan Chang
  • Li Yang Hsu
  • Chien-Chung Lin
  • Chengying Li

The publication venues where Winton Cheng has contributed most often are:

  • Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Developmental & Comparative Immunology
  • Aquaculture
  • Aquaculture Research

Representative recent papers include:

  • Synbiotic combination of prebiotic, cacao pod husk pectin and probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum, improve the immunocompetence and growth of Litopenaeus vannamei, 2021, Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Pectin of cacao pod husk, an efficient immunostimulant for white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, 2020, Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Pectin from dry cacao pod husk mediates growth performance, immune resistance responses and carbohydrate metabolism of Litopenaeus vannamei through dietary administration, 2021, Aquaculture
  • Injection of an extract of fresh cacao pod husks into Litopenaeus vannamei upregulates immune responses via innate immune signaling pathways, 2020, Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Cloning and characterization of DOPA decarboxylase in Litopenaeus vannamei and its roles in catecholamine biosynthesis, immunocompetence, and antibacterial defense by dsRNA-mediated gene silencing, 2020, Developmental & Comparative Immunology

Best Publications

  • Immune responses and gene expression in white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, induced by Lactobacillus plantarum

    Chiu-Hsia Chiu;Yuan-Kuang Guu;Chun-Hung Liu;Tzu-Ming Pan

  • Dietary administration of the probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum, enhanced the growth, innate immune responses, and disease resistance of the grouper Epinephelus coioides.

    Vo Minh Son;Chin-Chyuan Chang;Mi-Chen Wu;Yuan-Kuang Guu

  • Effects of pH, temperature and salinity on immune parameters of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii

    Winton Cheng;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Vibrio alginolyticus infection in the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei confirmed by polymerase chain reaction and 16S rDNA sequencing.

    Chun-Hung Liu;Winton Cheng;Jung-Ping Hsu;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Dietary administration of the probiotic, Bacillus subtilis E20, enhances the growth, innate immune responses, and disease resistance of the grouper, Epinephelus coioides.

    Chun-Hung Liu;Chiu-Hsia Chiu;Shi-Wei Wang;Winton Cheng

  • Change in water temperature on the immune response of Taiwan abalone Haliotis diversicolor supertexta and its susceptibility to Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

    Winton Cheng;I-Shan Hsiao;Chih-Hung Hsu;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Effects of the probiotic, Bacillus subtilis E20, on the survival, development, stress tolerance, and immune status of white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei larvae

    Kuan-Fu Liu;Chiu-Hsia Chiu;Ya-Li Shiu;Winton Cheng

  • Molecular cloning and characterisation of a pattern recognition molecule, lipopolysaccharide- and β-1,3-glucan binding protein (LGBP) from the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

    Winton Cheng;Chun-Hung Liu;Chiung-Hui Tsai;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Dietary administration of sodium alginate enhances the immune ability of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and its resistance against Vibrio alginolyticus

    Winton Cheng;Chun-Hung Liu;Ching-Ming Kuo;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Dietary sodium alginate administration affects fingerling growth and resistance to Streptococcus sp. and iridovirus, and juvenile non-specific immune responses of the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides

    Shinn-Pyng Yeh;Chen-An Chang;Chi-Yao Chang;Chun-Hung Liu

  • Identification and cloning of the antioxidant enzyme, glutathione peroxidase, of white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, and its expression following Vibrio alginolyticus infection.

    Chun-Hung Liu;Mei-Chen Tseng;Winton Cheng

  • Dietary administration of the probiotic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae P13, enhanced the growth, innate immune responses, and disease resistance of the grouper, Epinephelus coioides.

    Chiu-Hsia Chiu;Chih-Hsin Cheng;Wen-Ren Gua;Yuan-Kuang Guu

  • Effect of water temperature on the immune response of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei to Vibrio alginolyticus

    Winton Cheng;Long-Uong Wang;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Effects of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the haemocyte profile of the prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

    Winton Cheng;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Effect of ammonia on the immune response of Taiwan abalone Haliotis diversicolor supertexta and its susceptibility to Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

    Winton Cheng;I-Shan Hsiao;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Molecular cloning and characterisation of prophenoloxidase from haemocytes of the white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei.

    Ching-Yi Lai;Winton Cheng;Ching-Ming Kuo

  • Isolation and characterization of an Enterococcus-like bacterium causing muscle necrosis and mortality in Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Taiwan

    Winton Cheng;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • Isolation and Characterization of Vibrio damsela Infectious for Cultured Shrimp in Taiwan

    Yen-Ling Song;Winton Cheng;Chung-Hsing Wang

  • The virulence of Enterococcus to freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii and its immune resistance under ammonia stress.

    Winton Cheng;Jiann-Chu Chen

  • The immune response of Taiwan abalone Haliotis diversicolor supertexta and its susceptibility to Vibrio parahaemolyticus at different salinity levels.

    Winton Cheng;Feng-Ming Juang;Jiann-Chu Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Chun-Hung Liu
Chun-Hung Liu National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Jiann-Chu Chen
Jiann-Chu Chen National Taiwan Ocean University
Tzu-Ming Pan
Tzu-Ming Pan National Taiwan University
Chu Fang Lo
Chu Fang Lo National Cheng Kung University

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