2022
Recent research spotlight - Gill Transcriptomic Responses to Toxin-producing Alga Prymnesium parvum in Rainbow Trout.
This publication explores the gene expression in salmonid gill tissue exposed to a toxin producting algal organism.
Results demonstrate the a number of transcripts assigned to genes with immunological function are altered with exposure.
What does this mean?
-> Exposure causes altered immune function in gills (common route of infectious pathogen entry in fish)
-> Sub-lethal algal toxin exposure might alter immune status of fish (potentially leaving them susceptible to disease)
This publication explores the gene expression in salmonid gill tissue exposed to a toxin producting algal organism.
Results demonstrate the a number of transcripts assigned to genes with immunological function are altered with exposure.
What does this mean?
-> Exposure causes altered immune function in gills (common route of infectious pathogen entry in fish)
-> Sub-lethal algal toxin exposure might alter immune status of fish (potentially leaving them susceptible to disease)