Advances in research of fish immune-relevant genes: a comparative overview of innate and adaptive immunity in teleosts

L Zhu, L Nie, G Zhu, L **ang, J Shao - Developmental & Comparative …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Fish is considered to be an important model in comparative immunology studies because it
is a representative population of lower vertebrates serving as an essential link to early …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides from fish

JA Masso-Silva, G Diamond - Pharmaceuticals, 2014‏ - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are found widely distributed through Nature, and participate
in the innate host defense of each species. Fish are a great source of these peptides, as they …

The antimicrobial peptide hepcidin exerts an important role in the innate immunity against bacteria in the bony fish gilthead seabream

A Cuesta, J Meseguer, MA Esteban - Molecular immunology, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important mediators of the immune response against
bacteria and hepcidin is a 20–25 residues member with known functions in iron regulation …

Cloning and expression of a hepcidin gene from a marine fish (Pseudosciaena crocea) and the antimicrobial activity of its synthetic peptide

KJ Wang, JJ Cai, L Cai, HD Qu, M Yang, M Zhang - Peptides, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Hepcidin gene is widely expressed in various fish, suggesting that this antimicrobial peptide
is a very important component in the innate immune system. Large yellow croaker …

Antimicrobial activity of trout hepcidin

CA Álvarez, F Guzmán, C Cárdenas… - Fish & shellfish …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Hepcidin is an antimicrobial peptide and a hormone produced mostly the liver. It is a
cysteine-rich peptide with a highly conserved β-sheet structure. Recently, we described the …

Molecular characterization of hepcidin gene in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) and its expression pattern responding to bacterial challenge

H Li, F Zhang, H Guo, Y Zhu, J Yuan, G Yang… - Fish & shellfish …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Hepcidin is a cysteine-rich cationic antimicrobial peptide (AMP), which plays an important
role in host innate immune system and iron regulation. A great many of hepcidin genes have …

Molecular cloning and characterization of two novel hepcidins from orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides

JG Zhou, JG Wei, D Xu, HC Cui, Y Yan… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides is one of the most important economic
species of marine-cultured fish in China and Southeast Asia countries. However, very little …

The antimicrobial peptides piscidins are stored in the granules of professional phagocytic granulocytes of fish and are delivered to the bacteria-containing phagosome …

I Mulero, EJ Noga, J Meseguer, A García-Ayala… - Developmental & …, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are increasingly recognized as a critical first line of defence
against many pathogens. The genes encoding these peptides are expressed in numerous …

The marine medaka Oryzias melastigma–a potential marine fish model for innate immune study

J Bo, L Cai, JH Xu, KJ Wang, DWT Au - Marine pollution bulletin, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to develop the marine medaka Oryzias melastigma as a
potential marine fish model for innate immune and immunotoxicological studies. Hepcidin …

Genomic organization and tissue-specific expression analysis of hepcidin-like genes from black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegelii B.)

M Yang, KJ Wang, JH Chen, HD Qu, SJ Li - Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Hepcidin is an antimicrobial peptide and putative iron regulatory hormone previously
described in mice and humans. Dozens of fish hepcidins have been isolated and …