An immunological method for quantifying antibacterial activity in Salmo salar (Linnaeus, 1758) skin mucus

Synthetic hepcidin from fish: Uptake and protection against Vibrio anguillarum in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

“…Some have been reported to be present in the mucous, suggesting they are part of primary defense against infectious agents, and as in higher vertebrates, have an essential role in innate immune response [7,8]. The hepcidin transcript has been identified as well as its expression in different teleost fish, as for example the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), the marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma), the orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides), the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) [9][10][11][12].…”

Reduced gut bacterial translocation in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed mannan oligosaccharides (MOS)

“…The epithelial surfaces of fish, such as those of skin, gills or gastrointestinal tract are the first contact areas for potential pathogens [1,2]. In particular, many infectious diseases are initiated by gut bacterial colonization of mucosal surfaces [3e5].…”

Immune roles of a rhamnose-binding lectin in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

“…RBLs are also present in the skin mucus of teleost fish (Okamoto et al, 2005), which is involved in the first line of defence against various, potentially infectious pathogens (Subramanian et al 2009;Narvaez et al 2010;Ruangsri et al 2010).…”