Figure 1

Results of qPCR (A) and microarray (B) analyses: expression changes of genes with immune functions: anti viral response (barrier-to-autointegration factor, BANF1), antigen presentation (HLA class II histocompatibility antigen gamma chain, HG2A or CD74), cytokine (interleukin 17D, IL17D), lymphocyte differentiation (lymphocyte G0/G1 switch protein 2, G0S2), inflammation (matrix metalloproteinase-9, MMP9 and matrix metalloproteinase-13, MMP13). Cortisol injected fish (C0), cortisol injected and lice challenged fish (CL) and sham injected and lice challenged fish (SL) were compared to the sham injected group (S0). Data for qPCR are -ΔΔCt ± SE of 8 fish per group, 4 of which were used for the microarray analysis. Asterisks denote significant difference from S0 (P < 0.05). Data for microarrays are mean log2-ER ± SE of 4 fish hybridized to a common reference sample; sham injected control (S0) was subtracted from each group.