Impacts of Low Temperature on the Teleost Immune System

• Published in: Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 6; no. 4; p. 39
• Main Authors: Abram, Quinn, Dixon, Brian, Katzenback, Barbara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.11.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Adaptive immunity; ambient temperature; antibodies; antigen presentation; Aquaculture; best management practices; Body temperature; Chronic exposure; cold stress; cytokines; Fish; Immune system; innate immunity; lymphocyte proliferation; macrophages; major histocompatibility class I; pathogens; physiology; Review; seasonal variation; Seasonal variations; Species; surface water; teleosts; Temperature; Temperature effects; Water temperature; major histocompatibility class I; teleosts; macrophages; antigen presentation; innate immunity; temperature; antibodies; cytokines; adaptive immunity; lymphocyte proliferation

As poikilothermic vertebrates, fish can experience changes in water temperature, and hence body temperature, as a result of seasonal changes, migration, or efflux of large quantities of effluent into a body of water. Temperature shifts outside of the optimal temperature range for an individual fish...