What is known about the biological activity of fish cytokines is reviewed. Most of the
functional studies performed to date have been in teleost fish, and have focused on the …

One of the major objectives of the aquaculture industry is the production of a large number of
viable eggs with high survival. Major achievements have been made in recent years in …

The basal position of fish in vertebrate phylogeny makes them very attractive for genomic
and functional comparative immunity studies. Adaptive immunity arose early in vertebrate …

The decline in the fisheries of traditional marine species has been an incentive for the
diversification of today's aquaculture sector into the intensive rearing of many finfish species …

Fish, as the first vertebrate group appearing in evolution after adaptive radiation during the
Devonic period, still represent the most successful and diverse group of vertebrates. This …

Cell death was first described in rabbit ovaries (Graaffian follicles), the phenomenon being
called 'chromatolysis' rather than apoptosis. In humans, the ovarian endowment of …

When looking for a book on fish toxicology, you might find one that discusses the
biochemical and molecular aspects, or one that focuses aquatic toxicology in general. You …

Overcrowding conditions and temperatures shifts regularly manifest in large-scale infections
of farmed fish, resulting in economic losses for the global aquaculture industries. Increased …

The regulation of cellular activities in a controlled manner is one of the most challenging
issues in fields ranging from cell biology to biomedicine,. Nanoparticles have the potential of …

Background The zebrafish has become a widely used model to study disease resistance
and immunity. Although the genes encoding many components of immune signaling …