Fish Defenses, Volume 1: Immunology Immunology

About this book

The greatest complexity of the immune response is shown by vertebrates which are endowed with innate and acquired immunity. Immunological studies performed mostly in mammals have been the reference for studies in other vertebrates. The study of immunological fish defenses has advanced considerably in recent decades. This has been due to the key status of fish in terms of the evolution of acquired immunity and due to the rapid expansion of aquaculture over this period, wherein disease control is of prime concern. Most of the chapters not only review the current advances on fish immune defenses, but also show perspective for future research. Fish Defenses, Volume 1: Immunology will be of interest to scientists involved in fish immunology, fisheries and aquaculture as well as for students of fish biology.

Contents

Preface
List of Contributors

- Fish Cytokines: Discovery, Activities and Potential Applications
      C.J. Secombes, J. Zou and S. Bird
- Leukocytes and Cytokines Present in Fish Testis: A Review
      Alfonsa García-Ayala and Elena Chaves-Pozo
- The Cellular and Developmental Biology of the Teleost Antibody Response
      S. Kaattari, G. Brown, I. Kaattari, J. Ye, A. Haines and E. Bromage
- Use of CpG ODNs in Aquaculture: A Review
      M.A. Esteban, A. Cuesta and J. Meseguer
- Innate Immunity of Fish: Antimicrobial Responses of Fish Macrophages
      Miodrag Belosevic, George Haddad, John G. Walsh, Leon Grayfer, Barbara A. Katzenback, Patrick C. Hanington, Norman F. Neumann and James L. Stafford
- Immune Defence Mechanisms in the Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax L.
      Francesco Buonocore and Giuseppe Scapigliati
- Immunoglobulin Genes of Teleosts: Discovery of New Immunoglobulin Class
      Ram Savan and Masahiro Sakai
- Antimicrobial Peptides of the Innate Immune System
      Valerie J. Smith and Jorge M.O. Fernandes
- Estrogens, Estrogen Receptors and Their Role as Immunoregulators in Fish
      Luke R. Iwanowicz and Christopher A. Ottinger
- Immune Response of Fish to Eukaryotic Parasites
      Dave Hoole

Index
About the Editors
Color Plate Section

Customer Reviews