Rodlet cells, fish immune cells and a sentinel of parasitic harm in teleost organs

• Published in: Fish & shellfish immunology Vol. 121; pp. 516 - 534
• Main Authors: Sayyaf Dezfuli, Bahram, Pironi, Flavio, Maynard, Barbara, Simoni, Edi, Bosi, Giampaolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Fishes - immunology; Fishes - parasitology; Immunohistochemistry; Innate immune cells; Micro-macroparasites; Parasites; Rodlet cells; Ultrastructure; Immunohistochemistry; Innate immune cells; Micro-macroparasites; Rodlet cells; Ultrastructure

Rodlet cells (RCs) are the enigmatic and distinctive pear-shaped cells had found in many tissues of marine and freshwater teleosts. They have a distinctive fibrous capsule or the cell cortex that envelopes conspicuous inclusions called rodlets, basally situated nucleus, and poorly developed mitochon...