Model systems for regeneration: salamanders

A Joven, A Elewa, A Simon - Development, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Salamanders have been hailed as champions of regeneration, exhibiting a remarkable
ability to regrow tissues, organs and even whole body parts, eg their limbs. As such …

Alternative animal models of aging research

S Holtze, E Gorshkova, S Braude… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most research on mechanisms of aging is being conducted in a very limited number of
classical model species, ie, laboratory mouse (Mus musculus), rat (Rattus norvegicus …

Single-cell Stereo-seq reveals induced progenitor cells involved in axolotl brain regeneration

X Wei, S Fu, H Li, Y Liu, S Wang, W Feng, Y Yang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The molecular mechanism underlying brain regeneration in vertebrates remains elusive. We
performed spatial enhanced resolution omics sequencing (Stereo-seq) to capture spatially …

Advancements to the axolotl model for regeneration and aging

WA Vieira, KM Wells, CD McCusker - Gerontology, 2020 - karger.com
Loss of regenerative capacity is a normal part of aging. However, some organisms, such as
the Mexican axolotl, retain striking regenerative capacity throughout their lives. Moreover …

The salamander blastema within the broader context of metazoan regeneration

B Tajer, AM Savage, JL Whited - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Throughout the animal kingdom regenerative ability varies greatly from species to species,
and even tissue to tissue within the same organism. The sheer diversity of structures and …

The specialist in regeneration—the Axolotl—a suitable model to study bone healing?

A Polikarpova, A Ellinghaus, O Schmidt-Bleek… - NPJ Regenerative …, 2022 - nature.com
While the axolotl's ability to completely regenerate amputated limbs is well known and
studied, the mechanism of axolotl bone fracture healing remains poorly understood. One …

Midkine is a dual regulator of wound epidermis development and inflammation during the initiation of limb regeneration

SL Tsai, C Baselga-Garriga, DA Melton - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Formation of a specialized wound epidermis is required to initiate salamander limb
regeneration. Yet little is known about the roles of the early wound epidermis during the …

Postembryonic development and aging of the appendicular skeleton in Ambystoma mexicanum

C Riquelme‐Guzmán, M Schuez, A Böhm… - Developmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The axolotl is a key model to study appendicular regeneration. The limb
complexity resembles that of humans in structure and tissue components; however, axolotl …

Salamander insights into ageing and rejuvenation

MH Yun - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Exhibiting extreme regenerative abilities which extend to complex organs and entire limbs,
salamanders have long served as research models for understanding the basis of vertebrate …

Tig1 regulates proximo-distal identity during salamander limb regeneration

CR Oliveira, D Knapp, A Elewa, T Gerber… - nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Salamander limb regeneration is an accurate process which gives rise exclusively to the
missing structures, irrespective of the amputation level. This suggests that cells in the stump …