Review of inflammation in fish and value of the zebrafish model

Inflammation is a crucial step in the development of chronic diseases in humans. Understanding the inflammation environment and its intrinsic mechanisms when it is produced by harmful stimuli may be a key element in the development of human disease diagnosis. In recent decades, zebrafish (Danio reri...

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Published in:Journal of fish diseases 2021-02, Vol.44 (2), p.123-139
Main Authors: Campos‐Sánchez, Jose Carlos, Esteban, María Ángeles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Danio rerio
Fish
Freshwater fishes
Human diseases
Hypothalamus
Immune system
Immunity
Inflammation
Inflammatory response
Innate immunity
mediators
Nervous system
nervous system regulation
Neurotransmitters
pain
Stress response
Wounds
Zebrafish
Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
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Summary:Inflammation is a crucial step in the development of chronic diseases in humans. Understanding the inflammation environment and its intrinsic mechanisms when it is produced by harmful stimuli may be a key element in the development of human disease diagnosis. In recent decades, zebrafish (Danio rerio) have been widely used in research, due to their exceptional characteristics, as a model of various human diseases. Interestingly, the mediators released during the inflammatory response of both the immune system and nervous system, after its integration in the hypothalamus, could also facilitate the detection of injury through the register of behavioural changes in the fish. Although there are many studies that give well‐defined information separately on such elements as the recruitment of cells, the release of pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory mediators or the type of neurotransmitters released against different triggers, to the best of our knowledge there are no reviews that put all this knowledge together. In the present review, the main available information on inflammation in zebrafish is presented in order to facilitate knowledge about this important process of innate immunity, as well as the stress responses and behavioural changes derived from it.
ISSN:0140-7775
1365-2761
DOI:10.1111/jfd.13310