The use of zebrafish (Danio rerio) as biomedical models

T Teame, Z Zhang, C Ran, H Zhang, Y Yang… - Animal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Implications Because of its fully sequenced genome, easy genetic manipulation, high
fecundity, external fertilization and rapid development, and nearly transparent embryo …

Modeling inflammation in zebrafish for the development of anti-inflammatory drugs

Y Xie, AH Meijer, MJM Schaaf - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dysregulation of the inflammatory response in humans can lead to various inflammatory
diseases, like asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. The innate branch of the immune system …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of chronic exposure of naturally weathered microplastics on oxidative stress level, behaviour, and mitochondrial function of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio …

L Félix, P Carreira, F Peixoto - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are a big and growing environmental concern, with studies showing
sublethal to acute biological impacts on typical aquatic organisms. However, little is known …

Nontoxic amphiphilic carbon dots as promising drug nanocarriers across the blood–brain barrier and inhibitors of β-amyloid

Y Zhou, PY Liyanage, D Devadoss, LRR Guevara… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a main obstacle for drug delivery targeting the central
nervous system (CNS) and treating Alzheimer's disease (AD). In order to enhance the …

The African turquoise killifish: A research organism to study vertebrate aging and diapause

CK Hu, A Brunet - Aging cell, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The African turquoise killifish has recently gained significant traction as a new research
organism in the aging field. Our understanding of aging has strongly benefited from …

Exosomes and biomimetic nanovesicles-mediated anti-glioblastoma therapy: a head-to-head comparison

JY Wu, YJ Li, XB Hu, S Huang, S Luo, T Tang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exosomes (Exos) are promising vehicles for brain drug delivery due to nanosize and the
ability to breach the blood–brain barrier (BBB). But the low yield of natural exosomes limits …

Enrichment for laboratory zebrafish—A review of the evidence and the challenges

CH Stevens, BT Reed, P Hawkins - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The zebrafish is one of the most commonly used animals in scientific
research, but there remains a lack of consensus over good practice for zebrafish housing …

Assessing fish welfare in research and aquaculture, with a focus on European directives

M Toni, A Manciocco, E Angiulli, E Alleva, C Cioni… - Animal, 2019 - cambridge.org
The number of farmed fish in the world has increased considerably. Aquaculture is a
growing industry that will in the future provide a large portion of fishery products. Moreover …

[HTML][HTML] The short-lived African turquoise killifish: an emerging experimental model for ageing

Y Kim, HG Nam, DR Valenzano - Disease models & …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Human ageing is a fundamental biological process that leads to functional decay, increased
risk for various diseases and, ultimately, death. Some of the basic biological mechanisms …

Early exposure to environmental levels of sulfamethoxazole triggers immune and inflammatory response of healthy zebrafish larvae

J Liu, T Wei, X Wu, H Zhong, W Qiu, Y Zheng - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Trace levels of antibiotics are increasingly being detected in aquatic environment and their
potential toxicity to aquatic organisms is concerning. Sulfamethoxazole (SMX), a veterinary …