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Overview

Carolina Tafalla is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Immunology and Microbiology. Their scientific contributions span a broad range of topics related to aquatic species immunology and disease management.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Immunology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Cancer Research
  • Microbiology
  • Ecology

The main research topics covered by their work are:

  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities

Some of the frequent co-authors they have collaborated with include:

  • Patricia Díaz-Rosales
  • Esther Morel
  • Rocío Simón
  • Pedro Perdiguero
  • M. Camino Ordás

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on fish immunology with studies addressing immune mechanisms and responses. Selected recent papers include:

  • Mechanisms Used by Probiotics to Confer Pathogen Resistance to Teleost Fish, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Systemic and Mucosal B and T Cell Responses Upon Mucosal Vaccination of Teleost Fish, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Immunotoxicity of Xenobiotics in Fish: A Role for the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR)?, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Diversity of Rainbow Trout Blood B Cells Revealed by Single Cell RNA Sequencing, 2021, Biology
  • Individual B cells transcribe multiple rearranged immunoglobulin light chains in teleost fish, 2021, iScience

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Developmental & Comparative Immunology
  • iScience
  • The Journal of Immunology

Carolina Tafalla has contributed to book publications as well, including the book "Vaccines and Immunostimulants for Finfish" published in 2020 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Identification of a second group of type I IFNs in fish sheds light on IFN evolution in vertebrates.

    Jun Zou;Carolina Tafalla;Jonathan Truckle;Chris J. Secombes

  • Chemokines in teleost fish species.

    Alí Alejo;Carolina Tafalla

  • Adjuvants and immunostimulants in fish vaccines: current knowledge and future perspectives.

    Carolina Tafalla;Jarl Bøgwald;Roy A. Dalmo

  • Evaluation of Immunomodulatory Effects of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

    L. Villamil;C. Tafalla;A. Figueras;B. Novoa

  • Expression of genes related to the early immune response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) after viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) infection.

    C. Tafalla;J. Coll;C.J. Secombes

  • Nitric oxide production by carpet shell clam (Ruditapes decussatus) hemocytes.

    C Tafalla;J Gómez-León;B Novoa;A Figueras

  • Teleost Chemokines and Their Receptors.

    Steve Bird;Carolina Tafalla

  • Early Immune Responses in Rainbow Trout Liver upon Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) Infection

    Rosario Castro;Beatriz Abós;Jaime Pignatelli;Louise von Gersdorff Jørgensen

  • Identification of Teleost Skin CD8α+ Dendritic-like Cells, Representing a Potential Common Ancestor for Mammalian Cross-Presenting Dendritic Cells

    Aitor G. Granja;Esther Leal;Jaime Pignatelli;Rosario Castro

  • CCR7 Is Mainly Expressed in Teleost Gills, Where It Defines an IgD+IgM− B Lymphocyte Subset

    Rosario Castro;Erin Bromage;Beatriz Abós;Jaime Pignatelli

  • Co-injection of interleukin 8 with the glycoprotein gene from viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) modulates the cytokine response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    N. Jimenez;J. Coll;F.J. Salguero;C. Tafalla

  • First in-depth analysis of the novel Th2-type cytokines in salmonid fish reveals distinct patterns of expression and modulation but overlapping bioactivities

    Tiehui Wang;Petronella Johansson;Beatriz Abós;Amy Holt

  • The Pyloric Caeca Area Is a Major Site for IgM+ and IgT+ B Cell Recruitment in Response to Oral Vaccination in Rainbow Trout

    Natalia A. Ballesteros;Rosario Castro;Beatriz Abos;Sylvia S. Rodríguez Saint-Jean

  • In vitro and in vivo differential expression of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Mx isoforms in response to viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) G gene, poly I:C and VHSV

    C. Tafalla;V. Chico;L. Pérez;J.M. Coll

  • Requirements for nitric oxide production by turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) head kidney macrophages.

    Carolina Tafalla;Beatriz Novoa

  • Transcription of immune genes upon challenge with viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) in DNA vaccinated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

    A. Cuesta;C. Tafalla

  • Production of nitric oxide by mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) hemocytes and effect of exogenous nitric oxide on phagocytic functions.

    Carolina Tafalla;Beatriz Novoa;Antonio Figueras

  • Experimental transmission of encephalopathy and retinopathy induced by nodavirus to sea bream, Sparus aurata L., using different infection models

    R Aranguren;C Tafalla;B Novoa;A Figueras

  • Dual antiviral activity of human alpha-defensin-1 against viral haemorrhagic septicaemia rhabdovirus (VHSV): inactivation of virus particles and induction of a type I interferon-related response.

    A. Falco;V. Mas;C. Tafalla;L. Perez

  • Teleost IgD + IgM - B cells mount clonally expanded and mildly mutated intestinal IgD responses in the absence of lymphoid follicles

    Pedro Perdiguero;Alba Martín-Martín;Ottavia Benedicenti;Patricia Díaz-Rosales

  • Transcriptional heterogeneity of IgM+ cells in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) tissues.

    Beatriz Abós;Rosario Castro;Jaime Pignatelli;Alfonso Luque

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Secombes
Christopher J. Secombes University of Aberdeen
Antonio Figueras
Antonio Figueras Spanish National Research Council
Alberto Cuesta
Alberto Cuesta University of Murcia
Tiehui Wang
Tiehui Wang University of Aberdeen
Beatriz Novoa
Beatriz Novoa Spanish National Research Council
Øystein Evensen
Øystein Evensen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Niels C. Bols
Niels C. Bols University of Waterloo
Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla
Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla Spanish National Research Council
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Thomas Wahli
Thomas Wahli University of Bern

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