Hippo-Yap/Taz signalling in zebrafish regeneration

SE Riley, Y Feng, CG Hansen - NPJ Regenerative Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The extent of tissue regeneration varies widely between species. Mammals have a limited
regenerative capacity whilst lower vertebrates such as the zebrafish (Danio rerio), a …

Building bridges, not walls: spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish

V Cigliola, CJ Becker, KD Poss - Disease models & …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Spinal cord injury is a devastating condition in which massive cell death and disruption of
neural circuitry lead to long-term chronic functional impairment and paralysis. In mammals …

Spinal cord repair is modulated by the neurogenic factor Hb-egf under direction of a regeneration-associated enhancer

V Cigliola, A Shoffner, N Lee, J Ou, TJ Gonzalez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Unlike adult mammals, zebrafish regenerate spinal cord tissue and recover locomotor ability
after a paralyzing injury. Here, we find that ependymal cells in zebrafish spinal cords …

[HTML][HTML] A unique macrophage subpopulation signals directly to progenitor cells to promote regenerative neurogenesis in the zebrafish spinal cord

L Cavone, T McCann, LK Drake, EA Aguzzi… - Developmental cell, 2021 - cell.com
Central nervous system injury re-initiates neurogenesis in anamniotes (amphibians and
fishes), but not in mammals. Activation of the innate immune system promotes regenerative …

scRNA-sequencing reveals subtype-specific transcriptomic perturbations in DRG neurons of PirtEGFPf mice in neuropathic pain condition

C Zhang, MW Hu, XW Wang, X Cui, J Liu, Q Huang… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Functionally distinct subtypes/clusters of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons may play
different roles in nerve regeneration and pain. However, details about their transcriptomic …

Heterogeneity in quiescent Müller glia in the uninjured zebrafish retina drive differential responses following photoreceptor ablation

A Krylov, S Yu, K Veen, A Newton, A Ye… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Loss of neurons in the neural retina is a leading cause of vision loss. While
humans do not possess the capacity for retinal regeneration, zebrafish can achieve this …

Unique advantages of zebrafish larvae as a model for spinal cord regeneration

SR Alper, RI Dorsky - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The regenerative capacity of the spinal cord in mammals ends at birth. In contrast, teleost
fish and amphibians retain this capacity throughout life, leading to the use of the powerful …

Activation of MAP2K signaling by genetic engineering or HF-rTMS promotes corticospinal axon sprouting and functional regeneration

F Boato, X Guan, Y Zhu, Y Ryu, M Voutounou… - Science Translational …, 2023 - science.org
Facilitating axon regeneration in the injured central nervous system remains a challenging
task. RAF-MAP2K signaling plays a key role in axon elongation during nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] Regenerative neurogenesis: the integration of developmental, physiological and immune signals

T Becker, CG Becker - Development, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
In fishes and salamanders, but not mammals, neural stem cells switch back to neurogenesis
after injury. The signalling environment of neural stem cells is strongly altered by the …

Macrophage–neuroglia interactions in promoting neuronal regeneration in zebrafish

CW Zeng - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human nervous system exhibits limited regenerative capabilities following damage to
the central nervous system (CNS), leading to a scarcity of effective treatments for nerve …