Fish Cytokines and Immune Response

By Sebastián Reyes-Cerpa, K. Maisey, F. Reyes‐Lopez, D. Toro-Ascuy, A. Sandino, M. Imarai. 2012

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The immune system can be defined as a complex system that protects the organism against organisms or substances that might cause infection or disease. One of the most fascinating characteristics of the immune system is its capability to recognize and respond to pathogens with significant specificity. Innate and adaptive immune responses are able to recognize for‐ eign structures and trigger different molecular and cellular mechanisms for antigen elimina‐ tion. The immune response is critical to all individuals; therefore numerous changes have taken place during evolution to generate variability and specialization, although the im‐ mune system has conserved some important features over millions of years of evolution that are common for all species. The emergence of new taxonomic categories coincided with the diversification of the immune response. Most notably, the emergence of vertebrates coincid‐ ed with the development of a novel type of immune response. Apparently, vertebrates in‐ herited innate immunity from their invertebrate ancestors [1].

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Immunology

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