Amphibian immunity–stress, disease, and climate change

LA Rollins-Smith - Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Like all other vertebrate groups, amphibian responses to the environment are mediated
through the brain (hypothalamic)-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal (HPA/I) axis and the …

Mitigating amphibian chytridiomycoses in nature

TWJ Garner, BR Schmidt, A Martel… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Amphibians across the planet face the threat of population decline and extirpation caused
by the disease chytridiomycosis. Despite consensus that the fungal pathogens responsible …

Oral Vaccination of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) against Largemouth Bass Ranavirus (LMBV) Using Yeast Surface Display Technology

M Zhang, X Chen, M Xue, N Jiang, Y Li, Y Fan… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary LMBV is an important pathogen in the breeding process of largemouth
bass, but there is no effective control method for it. This study developed oral vaccines for …

The amphibian immune system

VL Ruiz, J Robert - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Amphibians are at the forefront of bridging the evolutionary gap between mammals and
more ancient, jawed vertebrates. Currently, several diseases have targeted amphibians and …

Ingestion of polyethylene terephthalate microplastic water contaminants by Xenopus laevis tadpoles negatively affects their resistance to ranavirus infection and …

B Cai, FDJ Andino, JL McGrath, SS Romanick… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Small plastic debris (0.1 μm–5 mm) or microplastics (MPs) have become major
pollutants of aquatic ecosystems worldwide and studies suggest that MPs exposure can …

Effects of emerging infectious diseases on amphibians: a review of experimental studies

AR Blaustein, J Urbina, PW Snyder, E Reynolds… - Diversity, 2018 - mdpi.com
Numerous factors are contributing to the loss of biodiversity. These include complex effects
of multiple abiotic and biotic stressors that may drive population losses. These losses are …

Evolutionary aspects of macrophages polarization

ES Edholm, KH Rhoo, J Robert - Macrophages: Origin, Functions and …, 2017 - Springer
Macrophages constitute a heterogeneous population of myeloid cells that are essential for
maintaining homeostasis and as a first line of innate responders controlling and organizing …

Salinity stress increases the severity of ranavirus epidemics in amphibian populations

EM Hall, JL Brunner… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The stress-induced susceptibility hypothesis, which predicts chronic stress weakens immune
defences, was proposed to explain increasing infectious disease-related mass mortality and …

Do immune system changes at metamorphosis predict vulnerability to chytridiomycosis? An update

JE Humphries, CM Lanctot, J Robert… - Developmental & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amphibians are among the vertebrate groups suffering great losses of biodiversity due to a
variety of causes including diseases, such as chytridiomycosis (caused by the fungal …