7 days post poly(I:C) injection
Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) used in this study were obtained from an aquaculture farm located in Wando, Korea, and maintained in laboratory rearing tanks. The abalones were injected with polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid [poly(I:C)] and hemocytes were collected at 7 days post-treatment. The collected hemocytes were preserved in RNAlater (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA) and stored at 80 C until use. Total RNA was extracted from the hemocytes for transcriptome analysis using next-generation sequencing (NGS).