“…In mammals, viperin was characterized as one of IFN-inducible antiviral effectors (Carlton-Smith and Elliott, 2012;Fitzgerald, 2011;Helbig et al, 2011;Jiang et al, 2008;Mattijssen and Pruijn, 2012;Overby et al, 2009;Quraishi et al, 2010), and its expression regulation has been investigated in mammals (Boudinot et al, 2000;Chan et al, 2008;Chin and Cresswell, 2001;Olofsson et al, 2005;Saitoh et al, 2011;Severa et al, 2006;Stirnweiss et al, 2010). However, this information in fish is still unclear.…”