Frog skin innate immune defences: sensing and surviving pathogens

JFA Varga, MP Bui-Marinos… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Amphibian skin is a mucosal surface in direct and continuous contact with a microbially
diverse and laden aquatic and/or terrestrial environment. As such, frog skin is an important …

Ecopathology of ranaviruses infecting amphibians

D Miller, M Gray, A Storfer - Viruses, 2011 - mdpi.com
Ranaviruses are capable of infecting amphibians from at least 14 families and over 70
individual species. Ranaviruses infect multiple cell types, often culminating in organ …

Iridovirus infections in finfish–critical review with emphasis on ranaviruses

RJ Whittington, JA Becker… - Journal of fish diseases, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Viruses in three genera of the family Iridoviridae (iridoviruses) affect finfish. Ranaviruses and
megalocytiviruses are recently emerged pathogens. Both cause severe systemic disease …

Family Iridoviridae: Poor Viral Relations No Longer

VG Chinchar, A Hyatt, T Miyazaki, T Williams - Lesser known large dsDNA …, 2009 - Springer
Members of the family Iridoviridae infect a diverse array of invertebrate and cold-blooded
vertebrate hosts and are currently viewed as emerging pathogens of fish and amphibians …

[HTML][HTML] Ranaviruses and other members of the family Iridoviridae: Their place in the virosphere

VG Chinchar, TB Waltzek, K Subramaniam - Virology, 2017 - Elsevier
Members of the family Iridoviridae, collectively referred to as iridovirids, are large, double-
stranded DNA-containing viruses that infect invertebrates and cold-blooded (ectothermic) …

Examining the natural role of amphibian antimicrobial peptide magainin

KAM McMillan, MRP Coombs - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Host defense peptides (HDPs) are a group of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) that are crucial
components of the innate immune system of many different organisms. These small peptides …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular biology of frog virus 3 and other iridoviruses infecting cold-blooded vertebrates

VG Chinchar, KH Yu, JK Jancovich - Viruses, 2011 - mdpi.com
Frog virus 3 (FV3) is the best characterized member of the family Iridoviridae. FV3 study has
provided insights into the replication of other family members, and has served as a model of …

Effects of hydroperiod on growth, development, survival and immune defences in a temperate amphibian

LA Brannelly, MEB Ohmer, V Saenz… - Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The many and varied effects of human‐induced environmental change have the potential to
threaten animal biodiversity and species abundance. Importantly, human land use and …

[BOOK][B] Amphibian immunity

LA Rollins-Smith, DC Woodhams - 2012 - books.google.com
Ecoimmunology is the field of study that attempts to understand the functions of the immune
system in the context of the environment of the host. For amphibians, this is a very broad …

Innate Immune Responses and Permissiveness to Ranavirus Infection of Peritoneal Leukocytes in the Frog Xenopus laevis

HD Morales, L Abramowitz, J Gertz, J Sowa… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.asm.org
Ranaviruses such as frog virus 3 ([FV3] family Iridoviridae) are increasingly prevalent
pathogens that infect reptiles, amphibians, and fish worldwide. Whereas studies in the frog …