Immune System and Immune Responses in Fish and Their Role in Comparative Immunity Study
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: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 1607
Special Issue Editor
2. Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China
Interests: fish immunology; virus; AMPs; toxicology; cell lines; vaccines; aquaculture; biotechnology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The immune system of fish is relatively weak and simple compared to that of mammals because of evolution. It is helpful to study fish immunology to fully understand the immunity mechanisms. The molecular mechanisms of fish immunology have been a focus in the recent years; therefore, this Special Issue focuses on the molecular mechanisms of fish immunology in disease challenges, environment stress, innate immunity, and adaptive immunity, to reveal the crosstalk between disease and immunity, to discover and identify key genes as well as interacting proteins, and to elucidate the signal transduction pathway. It also welcomes studies on fish vaccine and gene editing technology with which to regulate immunity and improve disease resistance. The animals include, but are not limited to, freshwater fish, marine fish, shrimp, shellfish, etc. Current studies in this field aiming to reveal the difference in mechanisms of fish and mammals are welcome too.
This Special Issue, “Immune System and Immune Responses in Fish and Their Role in Comparative Immunity Study”, welcomes original research and review papers considering biological process analyses of important nutrients, immune gene cloning and functional identification, the molecular mechanisms of nutrient-enhancing immunity, and all other related processes. Papers detailing bioinformatic tools and databases used for the intestinal immunologic barrier and immunostimulants are also welcomed.
Dr. Qunlan Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- innate immunity
- adaptive immunity
- antioxidant capacity
- inflammation
- intestinal immunologic barrier
- vaccine
- gene editor
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