First Insights about Antiparasitic and Action Mechanisms of the Antimicrobial Peptide Hepcidin from Salmonids against <i>Caligus rogercresseyi</i>

First Insights about Antiparasitic and Action Mechanisms of the Antimicrobial Peptide Hepcidin from Salmonids against <i>Caligus rogercresseyi</i>

Currently, one of the primary challenges in salmon farming is caligidosis, caused by the copepod ectoparasites <i>Caligus</i> spp. The infection process is determined by the copepod’s ability to adhere to the fish skin through the insertion of its chitin-composed filament. In this study,...

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Main Authors: Paula A. Santana, Camila Arancibia, Laura Tamayo, Juan Pablo Cumillaf, Tanya Roman, Constanza Cárdenas, Cinthya Paillan Suarez, Claudio A. Álvarez, Fanny Guzman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
Subjects:
AMPs cysteine-rich
hepcidin
<i>Caligus</i> spp.
antiparasitic
salmon peptide
chitin
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/16/3/378

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