The decline in the fisheries of traditional marine species has been an incentive for the
diversification of today's aquaculture sector into the intensive rearing of many finfish species …

Chemokines are chemoattractant cytokines defined by the presence of four conserved
cysteine residues which in mammals can be divided into four subfamilies depending on the …

The mammalian interleukins IL-1β and IL-8 are important pro-inflammatory cytokines often
used as markers of an activated inflammatory response, while IL-10 is regarded as an anti …

Cytokines are important regulators of immune system and finding these genes in fish have
potential applications for the development of vaccines and or immunostimulants for …

Outbreaks of columnaris disease (Flavobacterium columnare) are common in wild and
cultured freshwater fish worldwide. Disease occurrences, particularly those caused by …

This paper reports the cloning and sequencing of two pro-inflammatory cytokines, interleukin
(IL)-1β and IL-8, in haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) by homology cloning. The …

Chemokines are a superfamily of cytokines that appeared about 650 million years ago, at
the emergence of vertebrates, and are responsible for regulating cell migration under both …

The acute phase response (APR) is a set of metabolic and physiological reactions occurring
in the host in response to tissue infection or injury and is a crucial component of the larger …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important components of the host innate immune
response against microbial invasion. The cysteine-rich AMPs such as defensin and hepcidin …

The study of innate immunity has become increasingly popular since the discovery of
homologs of many of the innate immune system components and pathways in lower …