Fish immunology

Fish immunology

Immune systems protect animals from threats by parasites, bacteria and viruses. Most of what we know today about the composition, function and regulation of the two fundamental branches of the immune system — innate immunity and adaptive immunity — comes from studies on mice and humans. However, recently there has been an increased interest in fish immunology for several reasons. For evolutiona...

Cell markers and determinants in fish immunology.

Despite the impressive increase in the cloning and expression of genes encoding fish immunoregulatory molecules, the knowledge on "in vivo" and "in vitro" functional immunology of the corresponding peptide products is still at an initial stage. This is partly due to the lacking of specific markers for immunoregulatory peptides, that represent an indispensible tool to dissect immune reactions an...

Polish Scientists in Fish Immunology: A Short History

This review describes the role played by Polish scientists in the field of fish immunology and vaccination starting around 1900. In the early days, most publications were dealing with a description of relevant cells and organs in fish. Functional studies (phagocytosis, antibody response) came later starting in the late 1930s. Detailed papers on fish vaccination were published from 1970 onwards....

Immunology

Immunology.

The pathological changes involved in the immunological lung diseases of the bronchiolar region are reviewed. Next, the possibility that BOOP and DPB, two diseases whose causes are presently unknown, are caused by immune responses, is discussed.