Knocking down caspase-3 by RNAi reduces mortality in Pacific white shrimp Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei challenged with a low dose of white-spot syndrome virus

• Main Authors: Anchukorn Rijiravanich, Craig L. Browdy, Boonsirm Withyachumnarnkul
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/18753

Apoptosis has long been observed in viral target organs of white-spot syndrome virus (WSSV)-infected shrimp and whether the phenomenon helps the shrimp to survive the infection or is a factor leading to mortality is still controversial. If the shrimp mortality is a result of triggered apoptosis, the...