Animal models of obesity and diabetes mellitus

M Kleinert, C Clemmensen, SM Hofmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
More than one-third of the worldwide population is overweight or obese and therefore at risk
of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. In order to mitigate this pandemic, safer and more …

Little fish, big data: zebrafish as a model for cardiovascular and metabolic disease

P Gut, S Reischauer, DYR Stainier… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
The burden of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases worldwide is staggering. The
emergence of systems approaches in biology promises new therapies, faster and cheaper …

m6A modulates haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell specification

C Zhang, Y Chen, B Sun, LU Wang, Y Yang, D Ma, J Lv… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) has been identified as the most abundant modification
on eukaryote messenger RNA (mRNA). Although the rapid development of high-throughput …

Whole-brain activity mapping onto a zebrafish brain atlas

O Randlett, CL Wee, EA Naumann, O Nnaemeka… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
In order to localize the neural circuits involved in generating behaviors, it is necessary to
assign activity onto anatomical maps of the nervous system. Using brain registration across …

Pancreas organogenesis: from bud to plexus to gland

FC Pan, C Wright - Developmental dynamics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreas oganogenesis comprises a coordinated and highly complex interplay of signaling
events and transcriptional networks that guide a step‐wise process of organ development …

Retina regeneration in zebrafish

J Wan, D Goldman - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2016 - Elsevier
Unlike mammals, zebrafish are able to regenerate a damaged retina. Key to this
regenerative response are Müller glia that respond to retinal injury by undergoing a …

Proinflammatory signaling regulates hematopoietic stem cell emergence

R Espín-Palazón, DL Stachura, CA Campbell… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) underlie the production of blood and immune cells for the
lifetime of an organism. In vertebrate embryos, HSCs arise from the unique …

Light-sheet microscopy and its potential for understanding developmental processes

Y Wan, K McDole, PJ Keller - Annual review of cell and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The ability to visualize and quantitatively measure dynamic biological processes in vivo and
at high spatiotemporal resolution is of fundamental importance to experimental …

Mutations in the NOTCH pathway regulator MIB1 cause left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy

G Luxán, JC Casanova, B Martínez-Poveda… - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) causes prominent ventricular trabeculations and
reduces cardiac systolic function. The clinical presentation of LVNC ranges from …

MicroRNA-mediated integration of haemodynamics and Vegf signalling during angiogenesis

S Nicoli, C Standley, P Walker, A Hurlstone, KE Fogarty… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Within the circulatory system, blood flow regulates vascular remodelling, stimulates blood
stem cell formation, and has a role in the pathology of vascular disease. During vertebrate …