title: The innate immune-related genes in catfish.
abstract: Catfish is one of the most important aquaculture species in America (as well as in Asia and Africa). In recent years, the production of catfish has suffered massive financial losses due to pathogen spread and breakouts. Innate immunity plays a crucial role in increasing resistance to pathogenic organisms and has generated increasing interest  in the past few years. This review summarizes the current understanding of innate  immune-related genes in catfish, including pattern recognition receptors, antimicrobial peptides, complements, lectins, cytokines, transferrin and gene expression profiling using microarrays and next generation sequencing technologies. This review will benefit the understanding of innate immune system in catfish and further efforts in studying the innate immune-related genes in fish.
authors.affiliation: Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, Dalian 116023, China. hechongbo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Chongbo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xueguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Xianggang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yunfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Weidong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics*