Zebrafish models of neurodevelopmental disorders: past, present, and future

C Sakai, S Ijaz, EJ Hoffman - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Zebrafish are increasingly being utilized as a model system to investigate the function of the
growing list of risk genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. This is due in large …

Membrane trafficking in health and disease

R Yarwood, J Hellicar… - Disease models & …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Membrane trafficking pathways are essential for the viability and growth of cells, and play a
major role in the interaction of cells with their environment. In this At a Glance article and …

Zebrafish models of neurodevelopmental disorders: limitations and benefits of current tools and techniques

R Vaz, W Hofmeister, A Lindstrand - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
For the past few years there has been an exponential increase in the use of animal models
to confirm the pathogenicity of candidate disease-causing genetic variants found in patients …

Zebrafish as a model of neurodevelopmental disorders

MS De Abreu, R Genario, ACVV Giacomini, KA Demin… - Neuroscience, 2020 - Elsevier
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) caused by aberrant brain growth and development
are life-long, debilitating illnesses that markedly impair the quality of life. Animal models are …

TRAPPopathies: an emerging set of disorders linked to variations in the genes encoding transport protein particle (TRAPP)‐associated proteins

M Sacher, N Shahrzad, H Kamel, MP Milev - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The movement of proteins between cellular compartments requires the orchestrated actions
of many factors including Rab family GTPases, Soluble NSF Attachment protein REceptors …

Biallelic variants in TRAPPC10 cause a microcephalic TRAPPopathy disorder in humans and mice

LE Rawlins, H Almousa, S Khan, SC Collins… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The highly evolutionarily conserved transport protein particle (TRAPP) complexes (TRAPP II
and III) perform fundamental roles in subcellular trafficking pathways. Here we identified …

Trappc9 deficiency in mice impairs learning and memory by causing imbalance of dopamine D1 and D2 neurons

Y Ke, M Weng, G Chhetri, M Usman, Y Li, Q Yu… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Genetic mutations in the gene encoding transport protein particle complex 9 (trappc9), a
subunit of TRAPP that acts as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for rab proteins, cause …

ER-to-Golgi trafficking and its implication in neurological diseases

B Wang, KR Stanford, M Kundu - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Membrane and secretory proteins are essential for almost every aspect of cellular function.
These proteins are incorporated into ER-derived carriers and transported to the Golgi before …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging epilepsy in larval zebrafish

DRW Burrows, É Samarut, J Liu, SC Baraban… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Our understanding of the genetic aetiology of paediatric epilepsies has grown substantially
over the last decade. However, in order to translate improved diagnostics to personalised …

Golgipathies in neurodevelopment: a new view of old defects

S Rasika, S Passemard, A Verloes… - Developmental …, 2019 - karger.com
The Golgi apparatus (GA) is involved in a whole spectrum of activities, from lipid
biosynthesis and membrane secretion to the posttranslational processing and trafficking of …