Characterization of rainbow trout IL-6 and possible relationship with reproductive function

Citation

Goetz FW, Bobe J, Iliev DB, Planas JV, Castellana B & MacKenzie S (2008) Characterization of rainbow trout IL-6 and possible relationship with reproductive function. Cybium, 32 (2 supplement), p. 263. http://sfi.mnhn.fr/cybium/numeros/2008/322%20suppl%20ISRPF/06-Gametogenesis%20and%20gamete%20biology/136-Goetz%20P183.pdf

Abstract
The pleiotropic cytokine, IL-6, was isolated from a suppression subtractive hybridization library of rainbow trout macrophages, and found to be highly induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide. The highest tissue expression was found in the ovary suggesting that IL-6 has a reproductive function.

Keywords
IL6; Interleukins; Macrophage; LPS

Journal
Cybium: Volume 32, Issue 2 supplement

People

Professor Simon MacKenzie

Professor & Head of Inst of Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture