Topic Name Description
Page Theory
Topic 1 Page 1.1- Fish Immunology
Page 1.2. Innate immunity
Page 1.3. Adaptive immunity
Topic 2 Page 2.1. Evolution of immune system
Page 2.2. The invasion of recombination-activating gene transposon (RAG transposon)
Page 2.3. Whole-genome duplication (WGDs)
Page 2.4. Immunoglobulins
Topic 3 Page 3.1. Nonspecific immunity
Page 3.2. Physical barriers
Page 3.3. Nonspecific Humoral defence
Page 3.4. Nonspecific Cellular Defence
Topic 4 Page 4.1. Fish Leucocytes
Page 4.2. Monocytes/Macrophages
Page 4.3. Granulocytes
Page 4.4. Nonspecific Cytotoxic Cells
Page 4.5. Lymphocytes
Topic 5 Page 5.1.1. Specific defence mechanism in Fish
Page 5.1.2. Humoral Antibody System (B cells)
Page 5.1.3. Helper T cells
Page 5.1.4. B cell activation
Page 5.1.5. Cell-Mediated Immunity (T cells)
Page 5.2.1. Lymphoid organs in fish
Page 5.2.2. Primary lymphoid organs
Page 5.2.3. Secondary lymphoid organs
Topic 6 Page 6.1.Ontogeny of Fish Immune System
Page 6.2. Evidence for Ig in the Eggs and Passive Transfer of Immunity from Mother to Young
Page 6.3. Ontogeny of T and B Cells in Lymphoid Organ Development
Page 6.4. Ontogeny of nonspecific immunity
Page 6.5. Ontogeny of specific immunity
Topic 7 Page 7.1. Introduction
Page 7.2. B-cells
Page 7.3. T-cells
Page 7.4. The life history of T lymphocytes
Topic 8 Page 8.1. Introduction
Page 8.2. Basic Structure and Isotypes
Page 8.3. Antibody functions
Page 8.4.Monoclonal anitbody
Page 8.5. Polyclonal antibody
Topic 9 Page 9.1. Introduction
Page 9.2. Primary immune response
Page 9.3. Secondary immune response
Page 9.4. Difference between Primary and Secondary Immune Responses
Topic 10 Page 10.1. Introduction
Page 10.2. Recognition
Page 10.3. Response
Topic 11 Page 11.1. Introduction
Page 11.2. General features of Immunologic tolerance
Page 11.3. Tolerance to self antigens
Page 11.4. Mechanism of tolerance induction
Page 11.5. Termination of tolerance
Topic 12 Page 12.1. Introduction
Page 12.2. Types of stressors
Page 12.3. Stress and immune system
Page 12.4. Effect of stress on protective barriers
Topic 13 Page 13.1. Defence mechanisms in crustaceans
Page 13.2. Cellular immune components
Page 13.3. Cellular immune components
Page 13.4. Humoral defence mechanism
Topic 14 Page 14.1. Introduction
Page 14.2. Killed whole cell vaccines
Page 14.3. Live-attenuated vaccines
Page 14.4.Subunit Vaccines
Page 14.5. DNA vaccine
Page 14.6.Vaccination Methods
Page 14.7. Oral Vaccination
Page 14.8. Immersion vaccination
Page 14.9. Injection vaccination
Topic 15 Page 15.1. Introduction
Page 15.2. Classification of adjuvants
Page 15.3. Application in aquaculture
Topic 16 Page 16.1. Introduction
Page 16.2. Mode of action of b-1,3/1,6-glucans
Page 16.3. Action in fish
Topic 17 Page References