Use of recombinant cytokines to prevent infectious diseases in aquaculture: Reality or fiction?

Abstract

The present paper reports on a study in which we cloned the IL-1βgene of the gilthead seabream Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758, and produced the corresponding recombinant protein, in order to assess its usefulness as an immunostimulant and vaccine adjuvant in aquaculture.En el presente estudio se ha clonado el gen de la IL-1β de dorada Sparus auratus Linnaeus, 1758, y se ha producido la correspondiente proteína recombinante para evaluar su uso como inmunoestimulante y adyuvante en peces objeto de cultivo industrial.Instituto Español de Oceanografí

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