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Quantification of the Respiratory Burst Response as an Indicator of Innate Immune Health in Zebrafish
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Editorial: Cell-mediated innate immunity in aquatic invertebrates and fish: what's new?
Maria Rosaria Coscia1, Rita Marino1,2, Daniela Melillo1
1Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.
Frontiers in Immunology
|January 23, 2026
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Keywords:
aquaculture health managementaquatic environmentevolution of innate immunityhost-pathogen interactioninnate immune cellsnovel cell functionspathogen sensingMore Related Videos
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