Fish Defenses Vol. 1: Immunology

ISBN-13: 9781578083275 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 390 str.

Zaccone, Giacomo

Opis

The greatest complexity of the immune response is shown by vertebrates which are endowed with innate and acquired immunity. This title includes chapters that review the advances on fish immune defenses. It is suitable for scientists involved in fish immuno

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Giacomo Zaccone