Fig. 1.

Poly(I:C) feeding elevates the gene expression of innate immune responses during bacterial infection. (A) Schematic of the poly(I:C) feeding trial and experimental design. (B) q-PCR analysis of cytokine genes (including il-1β, il-6 and tnf-α) and metabolic enzymes related genes (including hk1, pfk and ldh) transcripts in different tissues (including gill, intestine, liver, spleen and kidney) of infected turbot larvae (including FD-H, FD-L and FD-N group) at 3dpi. Data are presented as mean ± SD of three independent experiments; ns, no significance, * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 and **** p<0.0001.