Fish Immunology, 5th Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 612
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fish, immunology; virus, AMPs; toxicology; cell lines; vaccines; aquaculture; biotechnology
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Interests: immune-reproductive responses; marine fish; viral transmission through the gonad; endocrine disruption
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issue on “Fish Immunology: 4th Edition”. (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/71VBK8520G).
A Special Issue on the topic of “Fish Immunology” is being launched by the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Fish represent a fascinating research model in immunology, because they were the first group during animal evolution to have a complete and functional immune system comprising a diverse and interconnected array of both innate and acquired immune tissues, cells, and molecules. Apart from this, the spectacular growth of aquaculture production for human nutrition has attracted the focus of many researchers all over the world for practical and applied purposes. In addition, the implementation of zebrafish as a biomedicine model is extending the range of interests and potential of fish biology, including immunology. This Special Issue aims to gather new research and applied topics in the field of fish immunology at the molecular level, including but not limited to issues relating to immunoglobulins, toll-like receptors, chemokines, interferons, lectins, acute-phase proteins, interleukins, antimicrobial peptides, and inflammation, as well as leucocyte types, distribution and trafficking, maturation and molecular markers, vaccines, response to pathogens, immune regulation, evolution, and so on. Reviews or research articles in this fascinating area, which discuss the benefits of using fish as models of study and their applications or which aim to discern the bottlenecks in the field, are welcome.
Dr. Alberto Cuesta
Dr. Elena Chaves-Pozo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fish immunology
- innate immunity
- acquired immunity
- leucocytes
- disease
- immunostimulants
- immunodepression
- inflammation
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