Recent publications

2010

MacKenzie, S.A., Roher, N., Boltaña, S., Goetz, F.W. (2010). Peptidoglycan, not endotoxin, is the key mediator of cytokine gene expression induced in rainbow trout macrophages by crude LPS. Mol Immunol. 47(7-8):1450-7.

Crespo, D., Bonnet, E., Roher, N., Mackenzie, S.A., Krasnov, A., Goetz, F.W., Bobe, J., Planas, J.V. (2010). Cellular and molecular evidence for a role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in the ovulatory mechanism of trout. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 8(1):34.

Goetz, F., Rosauer, D., Sitar, S., Goetz, G., Simchick, C., Roberts, S., Johnson, R., Murphy, C., Bronte, C.R., Mackenzie, S. (2010). A genetic basis for the phenotypic differentiation between siscowet and lean lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Molecualr Ecology (epub doi:DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04481.x).

Ibarz, A., Padrós, F., Gallardo, M.A., Fernández-Borràs, J., Blasco, J., Tort, L.(2010). Low-temperature challenges to gilthead sea bream culture: review of cold-induced alterations and ‘Winter Syndrome’. Rev Fish Biol Fisheries (DOI 10.1007/s11160-010-9159-5).

Roher N, Callol A, Planas JV, Goetz FW, Mackenzie SA. (2010). Endotoxin recognition in fish results in inflammatory cytokine secretion not gene expression. Innate Immun. 2010 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print].

Doñate C, Balasch, JC, Callol A, Bobe, J, Tort, L, MacKenzie S. (2010). The Effects of Immunostimulation Through Dietary Manipulation in the Rainbow Trout; Evaluation of Mucosal Immunity. Mar Biotechnol (NY), 12(1):88-99.

2009

MacKenzie S, Ribas L, Pilarczyk M, Capdevila DM, Kadri S, Huntingford FA. (2009). Screening for coping style increases the power of gene expression studies. PLoS ONE. 2009;4(4):e5314.

Castillo J, Teles M, Mackenzie S, Tort L. (2009). Stress-related hormones modulate cytokine expression in the head kidney of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Fish Shellfish Immunology. 2009;27(3):493-9.

Makol A, Torrecillas S, Fernández-Vaquero A, Robaina L, Montero D, Caballero MJ, Tort L, Izquierdo M. (2009). Effect of conjugated linoleic acid on dietary lipids utilization, liver morphology and selected immune parameters in sea bass juveniles (Dicentrarchus labrax). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 2009; 154(2):179-87.

Boltaña S, Doñate C, Goetz FW, Mackenzie S, Balasch JC. (2009). Characterization and expression of NADPH oxidase in LPS-, poly(I:C)- and zymosan-stimulated trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss W.) macrophages. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 26(4):651-61

M. López, S. Martínez, J.M. Gómez, A. Herms, L. Tort, J. Bausells and A. Errachid (2009). Wireless monitoring of the pH, NH4+ and temperature in a fish farm. Proceedings of the Eurosensors XXIII conference (doi:10.1016/j.proche.2009.07.111)

2008

Goetz, F.W. and Mackenzie, S. (2008). Functional genomics with microarrays in fish biology and fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 9(4):378-395.

Mackenzie, S., Balasch, J.C., Novoa, B., Ribas, L., Roher, N., Krasnov, A., Figueras, A. (2008). Comparative analysis of the acute response of the trout, O. mykiss, head kidney to in vivo challenge with virulent and attenuated infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus and LPS-induced inflammation. BMC Genomics. 2008 9(1):141

Castellana, B., Iliev, D.B., Sepulcre, M.P., MacKenzie, S., Goetz, F.W., Mulero, V., Planas J,V. (2008). Molecular characterization of interleukin-6 in the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Mol Immunol. 2008 45(12):3363-70

Roher, N., Samokhvalov, V., Diaz, M., Mackenzie, S., Klip, A., Planas, J.V. (2008). The proinflammatory cytokine TNFalpha increases the amount of GLUT4 at the surface of muscle cells independently of changes in IL-6. Endocrinology. 149(4):1880-9

Castillo, J., Castellana, B., Acerete, L., Planas, J.V., Goetz, F.W., Mackenzie, S., Tort, L. (2008). Stress-induced regulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression in head kidney of Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). J Endocrinol. 196(2):313-22

Montero, D., Grasso, V., Izquierdo, M.S., Ganga, R., Real, F., Tort, L., Caballero, M.J., Acosta, F. (2008). Total substitution of fish oil by vegetable oils in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) diets: effects on hepatic Mx expression and some immune parameters. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 24(2):147-55

Ribas, L., Roher, N., Martinez, M., Balasch, J.C., Donate, C., Goetz, F.W., Iliev, D., Planas, J.V., Tort, L., MacKenzie, S. (2008). Characterisation and expression of the transcription factor PU.1 during LPS-induced inflammation in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Fish Shellfish Immunol. 24(1):35-45

2007

Balasch, J.C., Roher, N., Ribas, L., Mulero, V., Tort, L. y Mackenzie, S. (2007). Genómica funcional e inmunología. In: Genética y Genómica en Acuicultura (Ed.: J. Espinosa; Coord.: P. Martínez, A. Figueras). Ed. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Madrid, pp 661-688

Donate, C., Roher, N., Balasch, J.C., Ribas, L., Goetz, F.W., Planas, J.V., Tort, L., Mackenzie, S. (2007). CD83 expression in sea bream macrophages is a marker for the LPS-induced inflammatory response. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 23(4):877-85.

Ribas, L., Flos, R., Reig, L., Mackenzie, S., Barton, B.A., Tort, L. (2007). Comparison of methods for anaesthetizing Senegal sole (Solea senegalensis) before slaughter: Stress responses and final product quality. Aquaculture 269(1-4):250-58.

Iliev, D.B., Castellana, B., Mackenzie, S., Planas, J.V., Goetz, F.W. (2007) Cloning and expression analysis of an IL-6 homolog in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Mol Immunol. 44(7):1803-7.

Acerete, L., Balasch, J.C., Castellana, B., Redruello, B., Roher, N., Canario, A.V., Planas, J,V,, Mackenzie, S., Tort, L. (2007). Cloning of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) Differential expression of GR and immune genes in gilthead seabream after an immune challenge. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol.148(1):32-43.

Torrecillas, S., Makol, A., Caballero, M.J., Montero, D., Robaina, L., Real, F., Sweetman, J., Tort, L., Izquierdo, M.S. (2007). Immune stimulation and improved infection resistance in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed mannan oligosaccharides. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 23(5):969-81.

Molina, C.E., Gesser, H., Llach, A., Tort, L., Hove-Madsen, L. (2007). Modulation of membrane potential by an acetylcholine-activated potassium current in trout atrial myocytes. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 292(1):R388-95.

Cooper, C.A., Shayeghi, M., Techau, M.E., Capdevila, D.M., MacKenzie, S., Durrant, C., Bury, N.R. (2007). Analysis of the rainbow trout solute carrier 11 family reveals iron import < or = pH 7.4 and a functional isoform lacking transmembrane domains 11 and 12. FEBS Lett. 581(14):2599-64.

2006

Li, J., Barreda, D.R., Zhang, Y.A., Boshra, H., Gelman, A.E., Lapatra, S., Tort, L., Sunyer, J.O. (2006). B lymphocytes from early vertebrates have potent phagocytic and microbicidal abilities. Nature Immunology 2006 7(10):1116-24.

MacKenzie, S., Iliev, D., Liarte, C., Koskinen, H., Planas, J.V., Goetz, F.W., Molsa, H., Krasnov, A., Tort, L. (2006). Transcriptional analysis of LPS-stimulated activation of trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) monocyte/macrophage cells in primary culture treated with cortisol. Molecular Immunology 43(9):1340-8.

MacKenzie, S., Montserrat, N., Mas, M., Acerete, L., Tort, L., Krasnov, A., Goetz, F.W., Planas, J.V. (2006). Bacterial lipopolysaccharide induces apoptosis in the trout ovary. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 31;4:46.

Molina, C.E., Gesser, H., Llach, A., Tort, L., Hove-Madsen, L. (2006). Modulation of the membrane potential by an acetylcholine activated potassium current in trout atrial myocytes. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2006 Sep 7.

Ganga, R., Tort, L., Acerete, L., Montero, D., Izquierdo, M.S. (2006). Modulation of ACTH-induced cortisol release by polyunsaturated fatty acids in interrenal cells from gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata. Journal Endocrinology 190(1):39-45.

2005

Chatzifotis, S., Pavlidis, M., Donate, C., Vardanis, G. Sterioti, A., Divanach, P. (2005) The effect of different carotenoid sources on skin coloration of cultured red porgy (Pagrus pagrus). Aquaculture Research 36(15):1517.

Boshra, H., Wang, T., Hove-Madsen, L., Hansen, J., Li, J., Matlapudi, A., Secombes, C.J., Tort, L., Sunyer, J.O. (2005). Characterization of a C3a receptor in rainbow trout and Xenopus: the first identification of C3a receptors in nonmammalian species. Journal Immunology 175(4):2427-37.

Tort, L., Balasch, J.C. and Mackenzie, S. (2005). Fish health challenge after stres. Indicators of immunocompetence. Contributions to Science 2(4):443-454.

Iliev, D.B., Liarte, C.Q., MacKenzie, S., Goetz, F.W. (2005). Activation of raibow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) mononuclear phagocytes by different pathogen associated molecular pattern (PAMP) bearing agents. Molecular immunology 42(10):1215-23.

Barton, B.A., Ribas, L., Acerete, L. and Tort, L. (2005). Effects of chronic confinement on physiological responses of juvenile gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata L., to acute handling. Aquaculture research 36:172-179.

Albalat, A., Liarte, C., MacKenzie, S., Tort, L., Planas, J.V. and Navarro, I. (2005). Control of adipose tissue lipid metabolism by tumor necrosis factor-alpha in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal Endocrinology 184:527-534

Montero, D., Kalinowski, T., Caballero, M.J., Obach, A., Tort, L., Robaina, L., Izquierdo, M.S. (2005). Effect of dietary vegetable lipid sources in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) immune status and stress resistance. Cahiers Options Méditerranéennnes, 63:103-112