Zebrafish as a tractable model of human cardiovascular disease

G Bowley, E Kugler, R Wilkinson… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mammalian models including non‐human primates, pigs and rodents have been used
extensively to study the mechanisms of cardiovascular disease. However, there is an …

Animal models of atherosclerosis–supportive notes and tricks of the trade

A Gisterå, DFJ Ketelhuth, SG Malin… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death among humans. Animal
models have shown that cholesterol and inflammation are causatively involved in the …

Anionic lipid nanoparticles preferentially deliver mRNA to the hepatic reticuloendothelial system

R Pattipeiluhu, G Arias‐Alpizar, G Basha… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the leading nonviral technologies for the delivery of
exogenous RNA to target cells in vivo. As systemic delivery platforms, these technologies …

Zebrafish as a preclinical in vivo screening model for nanomedicines

S Sieber, P Grossen, J Bussmann, F Campbell… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
The interactions of nanomedicines with biological environments is heavily influenced by
their physicochemical properties. Formulation design and optimization are therefore key …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to PFOA and its novel analogs disrupts lipid metabolism in zebrafish

W Sun, X Zhang, Y Qiao, N Griffin, H Zhang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a typical perfluoroalkyl group compound, has received
worldwide attention due to its significant environmental toxicity. Following regulatory bans …

[HTML][HTML] On zebrafish disease models and matters of the heart

P Giardoglou, D Beis - Biomedicines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is
the primary cause of mortality worldwide. It is a complex disease with genetic and …

To be or not to be: endothelial cell plasticity in development, repair, and disease

LJ Greenspan, BM Weinstein - Angiogenesis, 2021 - Springer
Endothelial cells display an extraordinary plasticity both during development and throughout
adult life. During early development, endothelial cells assume arterial, venous, or lymphatic …

Cold shock domain–containing protein E1 is a posttranscriptional regulator of the LDL receptor

GA Smith, A Padmanabhan, BH Lau… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
The low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) controls cellular delivery of cholesterol and
clears LDL from the bloodstream, protecting against atherosclerotic heart disease, the …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging cytoplasmic lipid droplets in vivo with fluorescent perilipin 2 and perilipin 3 knock-in zebrafish

MH Wilson, SC Ekker, SA Farber - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Cytoplasmic lipid droplets are highly dynamic storage organelles that are critical for cellular
lipid homeostasis. While the molecular details of lipid droplet dynamics are a very active …

Novel mRNA therapy restores GALT protein and enzyme activity in a zebrafish model of classic galactosemia

B Delnoy, M Haskovic, J Vanoevelen… - Journal of inherited …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Messenger RNA (mRNA) has emerged as a novel therapeutic approach for inborn errors of
metabolism. Classic galactosemia (CG) is an inborn error of galactose metabolism caused …