Aquaculture provides high-quality protein to the global population. Innate immunity, the first line of defense against pathogens in fish, is influenced by the aquatic environment in several ways:
1) Pathogen exposure: Different environments harbor different pathogens, and exposure to these pathogens shapes the development and activation of innate immune responses.
2) Nutritional factors: Adequate nutrition is crucial for maintaining a robust immune system. Poor nutrition due to environmental factors can weaken innate immunity, making animals more susceptible to infections.
3) Stressors: Environmental stressors such as temperature extremes, overcrowding, transport, and handling can compromise an animal's immune function.
4) Exposure to pollutants: Animals exposed to environmental pollutants may have compromised innate immune responses, affecting their ability to fight infections effectively.
5) Microbiome influence: The microbiome plays a critical role in training and modulating the innate immune system.
6) Seasonal and climatic variations: Seasonal changes and climatic variations impact the prevalence and activity of pathogens, as well as animal behavior and physiology.
7) Adaptation to local conditions: Animals may develop adaptations to their specific environmental conditions over generations, including adaptations related to immune responses.
Overall, innate immunity depends on the environment because environmental factors directly influence pathogen exposure, nutritional status, stress levels, toxin exposure, microbiome composition, and adaptation strategies in these animals. However, the lack of theory and technology of diseases prevention, control, and innate immunity regulation seriously restricts the green development of breeding industry. Studying these interactions helps in developing strategies to enhance innate immunity and improve overall animal health and welfare in diverse environmental conditions.
We welcome prospective authors to contribute original research, review and perspective articles covering but not limited to the following sub-topics:
1. Effects of nutrients and functional feed additive on innate immunity;
2. Research on innate immunity regulation by temperature.
3. Function of the innate immune related factors.
4. Natural small molecules and their application as a new strategy to prevent pathogen infections.
5. Interaction between intestinal tract microbiota and innate immunity.
6. Role of innate immune system in environmental pathogen.
Keywords:
innate immunity, environmental influences, aquatic animals, Pathogen exposure, Microbiome
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Aquaculture provides high-quality protein to the global population. Innate immunity, the first line of defense against pathogens in fish, is influenced by the aquatic environment in several ways:
1) Pathogen exposure: Different environments harbor different pathogens, and exposure to these pathogens shapes the development and activation of innate immune responses.
2) Nutritional factors: Adequate nutrition is crucial for maintaining a robust immune system. Poor nutrition due to environmental factors can weaken innate immunity, making animals more susceptible to infections.
3) Stressors: Environmental stressors such as temperature extremes, overcrowding, transport, and handling can compromise an animal's immune function.
4) Exposure to pollutants: Animals exposed to environmental pollutants may have compromised innate immune responses, affecting their ability to fight infections effectively.
5) Microbiome influence: The microbiome plays a critical role in training and modulating the innate immune system.
6) Seasonal and climatic variations: Seasonal changes and climatic variations impact the prevalence and activity of pathogens, as well as animal behavior and physiology.
7) Adaptation to local conditions: Animals may develop adaptations to their specific environmental conditions over generations, including adaptations related to immune responses.
Overall, innate immunity depends on the environment because environmental factors directly influence pathogen exposure, nutritional status, stress levels, toxin exposure, microbiome composition, and adaptation strategies in these animals. However, the lack of theory and technology of diseases prevention, control, and innate immunity regulation seriously restricts the green development of breeding industry. Studying these interactions helps in developing strategies to enhance innate immunity and improve overall animal health and welfare in diverse environmental conditions.
We welcome prospective authors to contribute original research, review and perspective articles covering but not limited to the following sub-topics:
1. Effects of nutrients and functional feed additive on innate immunity;
2. Research on innate immunity regulation by temperature.
3. Function of the innate immune related factors.
4. Natural small molecules and their application as a new strategy to prevent pathogen infections.
5. Interaction between intestinal tract microbiota and innate immunity.
6. Role of innate immune system in environmental pathogen.
Keywords:
innate immunity, environmental influences, aquatic animals, Pathogen exposure, Microbiome
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.