Zebrafish models of cancer—new insights on modeling human cancer in a non-mammalian vertebrate

M Hason, P Bartůněk - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a valuable non-mammalian vertebrate model widely used to study
development and disease, including more recently cancer. The evolutionary conservation of …

The zebrafish: A fintastic model for hematopoietic development and disease

AV Gore, LM Pillay… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hematopoiesis is a complex process with a variety of different signaling pathways
influencing every step of blood cell formation from the earliest precursors to final …

Interleukin-6 signaling regulates hematopoietic stem cell emergence

R Tie, H Li, S Cai, Z Liang, W Shan, B Wang… - … & molecular medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) produce all lineages of mature blood cells for the lifetime
of an organism. In vertebrates, HSCs derive from the transition of the hemogenic …

Modelling viral infections using zebrafish: innate immune response and antiviral research

M Varela, A Figueras, B Novoa - Antiviral research, 2017 - Elsevier
Zebrafish possess a highly developed immune system that is remarkably similar to the
human one. Therefore, it is expected that the majority of the signalling pathways and …

Targeted therapy of human leukemia xenografts in immunodeficient zebrafish

RR Somasagara, X Huang, C Xu, J Haider… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Personalized medicine holds tremendous promise for improving safety and efficacy of drug
therapies by optimizing treatment regimens. Rapidly developed patient-derived xenografts …

The diverse roles of phagocytes during bacterial and fungal infections and sterile inflammation: lessons from zebrafish

T Linnerz, CJ Hall - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The immediate and natural reaction to both infectious challenges and sterile insults
(wounds, tissue trauma or crystal deposition) is an acute inflammatory response. This …

Zebrafish model of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) due to JAK3 mutation

F Basheer, E Lee, C Liongue, AC Ward - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
JAK3 is principally activated by members of the interleukin-2 receptor family and plays an
essential role in lymphoid development, with inactivating JAK3 mutations causing autosomal …

Zebrafish cancer predisposition models

K Kobar, K Collett, SV Prykhozhij… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer predisposition syndromes are rare, typically monogenic disorders that result from
germline mutations that increase the likelihood of developing cancer. Although these …

A critical review of animal models used in acute myeloid leukemia pathophysiology

H Skayneh, B Jishi, R Hleihel, M Hamieh, N Darwiche… - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most frequent, complex, and heterogeneous
hematological malignancies. AML prognosis largely depends on acquired cytogenetic …

Development of curcumin and piperine-loaded bio-active self-nanoemulsifying drugs and investigation of their bioactivity in zebrafish embryos and human …

M Kazi, MF Khan, FA Nasr, MZ Ahmed… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Curcumin (CUR) and piperine (PP) are bioactive compounds with prominent
pharmacological activities that have been investigated for the treatment of various diseases …