Animal models of human disease: zebrafish swim into view

GJ Lieschke, PD Currie - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2007 - nature.com
Despite the pre-eminence of the mouse in modelling human disease, several aspects of
murine biology limit its routine use in large-scale genetic and therapeutic screening. Many …

Adult neurogenesis and brain regeneration in zebrafish

C Kizil, J Kaslin, V Kroehne… - Developmental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Adult neurogenesis is a widespread trait of vertebrates; however, the degree of this ability
and the underlying activity of the adult neural stem cells differ vastly among species. In …

Interception of host angiogenic signalling limits mycobacterial growth

SH Oehlers, MR Cronan, NR Scott, MI Thomas… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Pathogenic mycobacteria induce the formation of complex cellular aggregates called
granulomas that are the hallmark of tuberculosis,. Here we examine the development and …

An ancestral mycobacterial effector promotes dissemination of infection

JW Saelens, MI Sweeney, G Viswanathan, AM Xet-Mull… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis typically causes lung disease but can
also disseminate to other tissues. We identified a M. tuberculosis (Mtb) outbreak presenting …