The iTRAQ approach was used to identify differentially expressed proteins in shrimp during WSSV latent and acute infection.
Many proteins related to cytoskeleton, including myosin, actin, tubulin, and tropomyosin were up-regulated at AI stage.
The apoptosis process in WSSV AI shrimp seemed to be inhibited as some proteins suppressive on apoptosis were up-regulated.
83.72% of differentially expressed proteins/genes have a same expression trend between the proteome and transcriptome data.