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Christopher J. Secombes

Christopher J. Secombes

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Microbiology

D-Index
109
Citations
37107
World Ranking
254
National Ranking
34

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Christopher J. Secombes is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, with significant contributions in related subfields such as immunology, cancer research, molecular biology, microbiology, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's work centers on topics including aquaculture disease management and microbiota, myxozoan parasites in aquatic species, immune response and inflammation, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, immune cell function and interaction, interferon and immune responses, and T-cell and B-cell immunology.

Recent publications by Christopher J. Secombes illustrate research in fish immunology and vaccine efficacy. Notable papers include:

  • "Immune response and protective efficacy of two new adjuvants, Montanide™ ISA 763B VG and Montanide™ GEL02, administered with a Streptococcus agalactiae ghost vaccine in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)" (2021, Fish & Shellfish Immunology)
  • "Comparative study of the effects of Montanide™ ISA 763A VG and ISA 763B VG adjuvants on the immune response against Streptococcus agalactiae in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)" (2023, Fish & Shellfish Immunology)
  • "Evolution of IFN subgroups in bony fish - 2. analysis of subgroup appearance and expansion in teleost fish with a focus on salmonids" (2020, Fish & Shellfish Immunology)
  • "Revisiting the Teleost Thymus: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives" (2020, Biology)
  • "Ancient Cytokine Interleukin 15-Like (IL-15L) Induces a Type 2 Immune Response" (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)

Christopher J. Secombes has contributed extensively to several scientific journals, with the most frequent publication venues being Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Frontiers in Immunology, Developmental & Comparative Immunology, Biology, and Scientific Reports.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, their coauthors include Tiehui Wang, Carolina Tafalla, Bei Wang, Jason W. Holland, and Eakapol Wangkahart.

Recognition for Christopher J. Secombes includes the award of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2007.

Best Publications

  • The Function of Fish Cytokines

    Jun Zou;Christopher J. Secombes

  • Cytokines and innate immunity of fish.

    C.J. Secombes;T. Wang;S. Hong;S. Peddie

  • The role of phagocytes in the protective mechanisms of fish

    C.J. Secombes;T.C. Fletcher

  • Analysis of events occurring within teleost macrophages during the respiratory burst

    S. Chung;C.J. Secombes

  • Environmental and physiological factors shape the gut microbiota of Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar L.).

    Carola E. Dehler;Christopher J. Secombes;Samuel A.M. Martin

  • Teleost fish interferons and their role in immunity.

    Jun Zou;Christopher J. Secombes

  • Identification and Bioactivities of IFN-γ in Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: The First Th1-Type Cytokine Characterized Functionally in Fish

    Jun Zou;Allison Carrington;Bertrand Collet;Johannes Martinus Dijkstra

  • The cytokine networks of adaptive immunity in fish

    Tiehui Wang;Christopher J. Secombes

  • 2 - The Nonspecific Immune System: Cellular Defenses

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  • The interleukins of fish

    Christopher J. Secombes;Tiehui Wang;Steve Bird

  • Evolution of interleukin-1β

    Steven Bird;Jun Zou;Tiehui Wang;Barry Munday

  • 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

  • The effect of vitamin E on the immune response of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.).

    L.J. Hardie;T.C. Fletcher;C.J. Secombes

  • Cloning and expression analysis of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss tumour necrosis factor-alpha.

    Kerry J. Laing;Tiehui Wang;Jun Zou;Jason Holland

  • Origin and evolution of the RIG-I like RNA helicase gene family

    Jun Zou;Mingxian Chang;Mingxian Chang;Pin Nie;Chris J Secombes

  • Expression of immune genes in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) fed a nucleotide-supplemented diet

    C Low;S Wadsworth;C Burrells;C.J Secombes

  • New insights into animal pathogenic oomycetes.

    Andrew J. Phillips;Victoria L. Anderson;Emma J. Robertson;Christopher John Secombes

  • Molecular cloning of interleukin 1beta from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss reveals no evidence of an ice cut site.

    Jun Zou;Peter S Grabowski;Charles Cunningham;Christopher J Secombes

  • The role of reactive oxygen species in the killing of the bacterial fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida by rainbow trout macrophages

    G.J.E. Sharp;C.J. Secombes

  • Effect of a yeast-cell-wall glucan on the bactericidal activity of rainbow trout macrophages

    Jorunn B. Jørgensen;Gregory J.E. Sharp;Christopher J. Secombes;Børre Robertsen

  • Expression and Functional Characterization of the RIG-I-Like Receptors MDA5 and LGP2 in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Mingxian Chang;Mingxian Chang;Bertrand Collet;Pin Nie;Katherine Lester

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiehui Wang
Tiehui Wang University of Aberdeen
Samuel A.M. Martin
Samuel A.M. Martin University of Aberdeen
Giuseppe Scapigliati
Giuseppe Scapigliati Tuscia University
Carolina Tafalla
Carolina Tafalla Spanish National Research Council
Dominic F. Houlihan
Dominic F. Houlihan University of Aberdeen
Pin Nie
Pin Nie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pieter van West
Pieter van West University of Aberdeen
Charles Cunningham
Charles Cunningham University of New Mexico
Niels C. Bols
Niels C. Bols University of Waterloo
Pierre Boudinot
Pierre Boudinot Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

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