Heat Shock Proteins in Fish Health and Diseases: A Pharmacological Perspective

Abstract

Disease outbreaks are considered one of the largest constraints for the sustainable development of the aquaculture sector. Though applications of antibiotics manage to control and prevent infectious microbial diseases, however, its extensive uses have also unavoidably resulted in the emergence of `superbugs' that resist conventional antibiotics. This calls for the development of new approaches for combating infections. Recently, heat shock proteins have been suggested to mediate the generation of strong innate and adaptive immune responses against many diseases in plants and terrestrial animals, leading to the formulation of strategies to fight infections. In this review, the potential of a new treatment, heat shock protein based therapy, for overcoming the menace of diseases in farmed aquatic animals of commercial importance are discussed.

Keywords

Aquaculture; Cross protection; Disease; Heat Shock Protein; Immunity; Immunostimulant

Published in

Heat shock proteins
2017, volume: 12, number: 12, pages: 197-213
Title: Heat Shock Proteins in Veterinary Medicine and Sciences
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

SLU Authors

• Baruah, Kartik

  • Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Ghent University

• Norouzitallab, Parisa

  • Ghent University

Associated SLU-program

AMR: Bacteria

Global goals (SDG)

SDG3 Good health and well-being

UKÄ Subject classification

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73377-7_7
• ISBN: 978-3-319-73376-0
• eISBN: 978-3-319-73377-7

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/97123