The diseases causing the highest ecological and socio-economical impacts in European
farmed finfish are produced by RNA viruses. Salmon, trout, sea bream, sea bass, carp and …

Immunization by an antigen-encoding DNA was approved for commercial sale in Canada
against a Novirhabdovirus infection in fish. DNA vaccines have been particularly successful …

Behavioural fever, defined as an acute change in thermal preference driven by pathogen
recognition, has been reported in a variety of invertebrates and ectothermic vertebrates. It …

Previous research has shown that an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) of the myticin class C (Myt
C) is the most abundantly expressed gene in cDNA and suppressive subtractive …

It is well known that β-defensins are key components of the host innate immune response
against pathogens and potentially provide a link between innate and adaptive immunity. In …

It has not been elucidated whether or not autophagy is induced by rhabdoviral G
glycoproteins (G) in vertebrate organisms for which rhabdovirus infection is lethal. Our work …

Plasmid DNAs containing Siniperca chuatsi rhabdovirus (SCRV) glycoprotein gene (pcDNA-
G) and nucleoprotein gene (pcDNA-N) were constructed, and used to determine the antiviral …

Although there are some commercial vaccines available against infectious pancreatic
necrosis virus (IPNV), the disease still continues to be a major problem for aquaculture …

Rock bream iridovirus (RBIV) causes severe mass mortalities in rock bream (Oplegnathus
fasciatus) in Korea. In this study, we investigated the potential of viral membrane protein to …

Follicle stimulating hormone (Fsh) and luteinizing hormone (Lh) are central endocrine
regulators of the gonadal function in vertebrates. They act through specific receptors located …