Characterisation of rainbow trout peripheral blood leucocytes prepared by hypotonic lysis of erythrocytes, and analysis of their phagocytic activity, proliferation and response to PAMPs and proinflammatory cytokines

This work was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, BB/N024052/1) under the Newton Fund RCUK-CONICYT Research Partnership. YH was supported by a PhD Studentship from the Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). PAS was supported by the Newton-Bhabha PhD placement programme (268692473) and FL was supported by a Newton International Fellowship funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS, NIF004\1036). MI was funded by Fondecyt 1161015 and KM was funded by Fondecyt 11171057.Peer reviewedPostprin