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SUBMITTER: Kim KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6812972 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Kyung-Hee KH Kim Hyun Chul HC Park Choul-Ji CJ Park Jong-Won JW Lee Young Mee YM Kim Woo-Jin WJ
Development & reproduction 20190930 3
Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is an inflammatory cytokine that plays an important role in the inflammatory response through the activation of neutrophil cells. The expression of IL-8 was investigated in early developmental stages of the olive flounder and in tissues of 8-month-old individuals. The expression of IL-8 increased after the initiation of the immune system rather than at the early stage of development, and high expression was observed in the gills and spleen, the organs associated with immunit ...[more]