Piscirickettsiosis (SRS) has been the most important infectious disease in Chilean salmon
farming since the 1980s. It was one of the first to be described, and to date, it continues to be …

The innate immune system is the first‐line defence against invading pathogens, and the
main molecules involved in recognizing invading pathogens are the pattern recognition …

Despite the increasing use of protoplasts in plant biotechnology research, shoot
regeneration from protoplasts remains challenging. In this study, we investigated the factors …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small, usually cationic, and amphiphilic molecules that
play a crucial role in molecular and cellular host defense against pathogens, tissue damage …

In the last decade, several studies have been focused on revealing the microRNA (miRNA)
repertoire and determining their functions in farm animals such as poultry, pigs, cattle, and …

High-throughput sequencing technologies have offered the possibility to understand the
complexity of the transcriptomic responses of an organism during a wide variety of biological …

Biomarkers, as measurable characteristics of normal or pathogenic processes, are used in
the context of human health and to monitor animal welfare and ecosystem status. Epigenetic …

Salmon rickettsial septicaemia (SRS), caused by the bacteria Piscirickettsia salmonis (P.
salmonis), is responsible for significant mortality in farmed Atlantic salmon in Chile. Currently …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are key regulators in fish immune responses. However, no study has
previously characterized the impact of polyriboinosinic polyribocytidylic acid (pIC) and …

Piscirickettsia salmonis is an intracellular bacterial fish pathogen that causes
piscirickettsiosis, a disease with numerous negative impacts in the Chilean salmon farming …