Convergent Evolution of Mucosal Immune Responses at the Buccal Cavity of Teleost Fish

• Published in: iScience Vol. 19; pp. 821 - 835
• Main Authors: Yu, Yong-Yao, Kong, Wei-Guang, Xu, Hao-Yue, Huang, Zhen-Yu, Zhang, Xiao-Ting, Ding, Li-Guo, Dong, Shuai, Yin, Guang-Mei, Dong, Fen, Yu, Wei, Cao, Jia-Feng, Meng, Kai-Feng, Liu, Xia, Fu, Yu, Zhang, Xue-zhen, Zhang, Yong-an, Sunyer, J. Oriol, Xu, Zhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 27.09.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; convergent evolution; Immunology; mammals; microorganisms; mouth; mucosa; mucosal immunity; mucus; Omics; Oncorhynchus mykiss; parasites; Transcriptomics; trout; Biological Sciences; Immunology; Transcriptomics; Omics

The buccal mucosa (BM) is a critical first line of defense in terrestrial animals. To gain further insights into the evolutionary origins and primordial roles of BM in teleosts here we show that rainbow trout, a teleost fish, contains a diffuse mucosal associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) within its bu...