Interactions between salmon macrophages and pathogenic bacteria in the presence of secretions isolated from Lepeophtheirus salmonis

• Main Author: Lewis, Danielle Lee
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2013
• Subjects: Keta; Atlantic salmon; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44308

In response to stimuli (i.e., salmon mucus) the sea louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, produces pharmacologically active substances (prostaglandin E₂, trypsin-like proteases and cathepsin). Lice-derived secretions impair the genetic expression of pro-inflammatory mediators in the commercial salmon-head...