1st Edition

Fish Defenses Vol. 1 Immunology

Edited By Giacomo Zaccone Copyright 2009
390 Pages
by CRC Press

390 Pages
by CRC Press

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... Read more

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 GarcĂ­a-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

Biography

Giacomo Zaccone