Due to direct contact with aquatic environment, mucosal surfaces of teleost fish are
continuously exposed to a vast number of pathogens and also inhabited by high densities of …

Immunoglobulins (Igs) are complex glycoproteins that play critical functions in innate and
adaptive immunity of all jawed vertebrates. Given the unique characteristics of mucosal …

As physical barriers that separate teleost fish from the external environment, mucosae are
also active immunological sites that protect them against exposure to microbes and …

Fish is considered to be an important model in comparative immunology studies because it
is a representative population of lower vertebrates serving as an essential link to early …

The B cell receptor and secreted antibody are at the nexus of humoral adaptive immunity. In
this review, we summarize what is known of the immunoglobulin genes of jawed …

Teleosts clearly have a more diffuse gut associated lymphoid system, which is
morphological and functional clearly different from the mammalian GALT. All immune cells …

This review describes the extant knowledge on the teleostean mucosal adaptive immune
mechanisms, which is relevant for the development of oral or mucosal vaccines. In the last …

Disease prevention is essential to the continued development of aquaculture around the
world. Vaccination is the most effective method of combating disease and currently there are …

In modern bony fishes, or teleost fish, the general lack of leucocyte markers has greatly
hampered investigations of the anatomy of the immune system and its reactions involved in …

Immunoglobulins are glycoproteins which are produced as membrane-bound receptors on
B-cells or in a secreted form, known as antibodies. In teleosts, three immunoglobulin …