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 …

Genetic engineering of zebrafish in cancer research

L Raby, P Völkel, X Le Bourhis, PO Angrand - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an excellent model to study a wide diversity of human cancers. In
this review, we provide an overview of the genetic and reverse genetic toolbox allowing the …

Epigenetic regulators Rbbp4 and Hdac1 are overexpressed in a zebrafish model of RB1 embryonal brain tumor, and are required for neural progenitor survival and …

LE Schultz, JA Haltom, MP Almeida… - Disease models & …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
In this study, we used comparative genomics and developmental genetics to identify
epigenetic regulators driving oncogenesis in a zebrafish retinoblastoma 1 (rb1) somatic …

What zebrafish and nanotechnology can offer for cancer treatments in the age of personalized medicine

M Cascallar, S Alijas, A Pensado-Lopez… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Discovering new strategies for cancer treatment is critical, considering that
each year millions of deaths are caused by this disease. In this sense, therapies based on …

A p21‐GFP zebrafish model of senescence for rapid testing of senolytics in vivo

S Morsli, CM Henriques, PS Ellis, H Mortiboys… - Aging …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Senescence drives the onset and severity of multiple ageing‐associated diseases and
frailty. As a result, there has been an increased interest in mechanistic studies and in the …

An autophagic deficit in the uterine vessel microenvironment provokes hyperpermeability through deregulated VEGFA, NOS1, and CTNNB1

B Lee, H Shin, JE Oh, J Park, M Park, SC Yang… - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The uterus undergoes vascular changes during the reproductive cycle and pregnancy.
Steroid hormone deprivation induces macroautophagy/autophagy in major uterine cell …

Zebrafish models of paediatric brain tumours

F Basheer, P Dhar, RM Samarasinghe - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Paediatric brain cancer is the second most common childhood cancer and is the leading
cause of cancer-related deaths in children. Despite significant advancements in the …

Out with the old, in with the new: senescence in development

A Czarkwiani, MH Yun - Current opinion in cell biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Cellular senescence is a ubiquitous stress response that restricts the proliferative capacity of
cells. During ageing, senescent cells accumulate in various tissues leading to a number of …

RBL1 (p107) functions as tumor suppressor in glioblastoma and small-cell pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma in Xenopus tropicalis

T Naert, D Dimitrakopoulou, D Tulkens, S Demuynck… - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
Alterations of the retinoblastoma and/or the p53 signaling network are associated with
specific cancers such as high-grade astrocytoma/glioblastoma, small-cell lung cancer …

Somatic Mutations of lats2 Cause Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors in Zebrafish

ZJ Brandt, PN North, BA Link - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The cellular signaling pathways underlying peripheral nerve sheath tumor (PNST) formation
are poorly understood. Hippo signaling has been recently implicated in the biology of …