TY - JOUR
T1 - Piscine macrophage function and nutritional influences
T2 - A review
AU - Blazer, Vicki S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture Cooperative States Research Service agreement 87-CRSR-2-3040, Federal Hatch Forestry Research grant 25-26-GC295-001, and the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center. I thank Ruth Ellen Klinger, Debi Finco-Kent, and Wade Sheldon for technical assistance and Margaret Ewing for her editorial comments.
PY - 1991/6
Y1 - 1991/6
N2 - Macrophage function is an important factor in resistance to infectious diseases in fish. Macrophages are the principal phagocytic cells and play an integral role in the specific immune response. Several factors, including nutrition and environmental stress, are known to affect macrophage function. In economically important cultured fish, the potential for enhancing macrophage function through dietary manipulation is especially attractive. This paper reviews the functions of macrophages, methodologies for their collection, assays to study various functions, and the influences of various nutritional factors on macrophage function.
AB - Macrophage function is an important factor in resistance to infectious diseases in fish. Macrophages are the principal phagocytic cells and play an integral role in the specific immune response. Several factors, including nutrition and environmental stress, are known to affect macrophage function. In economically important cultured fish, the potential for enhancing macrophage function through dietary manipulation is especially attractive. This paper reviews the functions of macrophages, methodologies for their collection, assays to study various functions, and the influences of various nutritional factors on macrophage function.
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U2 - 10.1577/1548-8667(1991)003<0077:PMFANI>2.3.CO;2
DO - 10.1577/1548-8667(1991)003<0077:PMFANI>2.3.CO;2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0002576832
SN - 0899-7659
VL - 3
SP - 77
EP - 86
JO - Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
JF - Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
IS - 2
ER -
