This review summarizes the scattered literature on the effects of toxicants on the external
and internal innate immunity of fish. Insecticides, heavy metals and surfactants have been …

Histological evaluations of tissues are commonly used in environmental monitoring studies
to assess the health and fitness status of populations or even whole ecosystems. Although …

The present study was focused for investigation the effects of sublethal concentration of
nickel exposure after three weeks on some physiological and gill structure alterations in the …

Lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α factor (LITAF) is an important transcription factor that
mediates the expression of inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-α, in lipopolysaccharide …

Fish gill is the site for many crucial physiological functions. It is among the first sites of
xenobiotic exposure, and gill histopathological alterations may be detected soon after …

The lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α factor (LITAF) is a novel transcription factor, which
plays an important role in regulating the expression of TNF-α and various inflammatory …

Stereological methods were used to estimate the volumetric density (VV) of the filamentar
epithelium (FE, 39%), lamellae (L, 28%), central venous sinus (CVS, 14%), central axis …

Silver exposure is toxic to fish due to disturbances of normal gill function. A proposed toxicity
mechanism of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) is derived from the release of silver ions, similar …

Abstract Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), xenobiotics that interfere with endogenous
hormone function, have been studied for their impacts in aquatic environments. However …

The Van fish is an endemic carp species living in Lake Van, one of the largest soda lakes in
the world. Fluvalinate is a pesticide used extensively in the Lake Van basin. In the present …