Zunchun Zhou

TL;DR: The first transcriptomic profiling of host responses to columnaris following an experimental challenge is conducted, highlighting several putative immune pathways and individual candidate genes deserving of further investigation in the context of development of therapeutic regimens and laying the foundation for selection of resistant catfish lines against columnaris.

TL;DR: The SNPs identified in this report will provide a much needed resource for genetic studies in catfish and will contribute to the development of a high-density SNP array.

TL;DR: The large set of transcripts assembled in this study is the most comprehensive set of genome resources ever developed from catfish, which will provide the much needed resources for functional genome research inCatfish, serving as a reference transcriptome for genome annotation, analysis of gene duplication, gene family structures, and digital gene expression analysis.

TL;DR: The results suggest a novel role for MFAP4 in teleost immune responses and unique patterns of homeostatic expression among the genes in gill, spleen, skin, liver, and muscle.

TL;DR: The fact that bacterial infection can induce expression of the cathepsin D genes and that they appeared to be expressed naturally at higher levels in immune-related organs may suggest that they are an important component of the innate immune response of catfish against bacterial infections.