Crustacean aquaculture, dominated by shrimp, is a highly profitable food‐producing sector
in the world. However, a variety of biotic and abiotic stressors can have adverse effect on the …

Immune systems are of pivotal importance to any living organism on Earth, as they protect
the organism against deleterious effects of viral infections. Though the current knowledge …

The outbreak of diseases ordinarily results from the disruption of the balance and harmony
between hosts and pathogens. Devoid of adaptive immunity, shrimp rely largely on the …

The function of Toll pathway defense against bacterial infection has been well established in
shrimp, however how this pathway responds to viral infection is still largely unknown. In this …

As invertebrates, shrimps rely on multiple innate defense reactions, including humoral
immunity and cellular immunity to recognize and eliminate various invaders, such as …

Crustacean species are among the most valued seafood with socioeconomic and ecological
implications in the global fisheries sector. Microbial infections to the farming stock due to …

Crustacean aquaculture is expected to be a major source of fishery commodities in the near
future. Hemocytes are key players of the immune system in shrimps; however, their …

Drosophila Vago is a small antiviral peptide. Its ortholog in Culex mosquito was found to be
an interferon-like cytokine that limits virus replication through activating Jak/Stat signaling …

Innate immunity is the only defense system for resistance against infections in crustaceans.
In crustaceans, white spot diseases caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) are a …

The effects of inulin and mannan oligosaccharide (MOS) at different doses (2.5, 4 and 10
mg/g) in singular or combined diet on growth rate, immune related genes expression, and …