Alternative animal models of aging research

S Holtze, E Gorshkova, S Braude… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most research on mechanisms of aging is being conducted in a very limited number of
classical model species, ie, laboratory mouse (Mus musculus), rat (Rattus norvegicus …

From the bush to the bench: the annual Nothobranchius fishes as a new model system in biology

A Cellerino, DR Valenzano, M Reichard - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
African annual fishes from the genus Nothobranchius are small teleosts that inhabit
temporary water bodies subject to annual desiccation due to the alternation of the monsoon …

Insights into sex chromosome evolution and aging from the genome of a short-lived fish

K Reichwald, A Petzold, P Koch, BR Downie… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
The killifish Nothobranchius furzeri is the shortest-lived vertebrate that can be bred in the
laboratory. Its rapid growth, early sexual maturation, fast aging, and arrested embryonic …

Non-model model organisms

JJ Russell, JA Theriot, P Sood, WF Marshall… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient
systems to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of …

Reduced proteasome activity in the aging brain results in ribosome stoichiometry loss and aggregation

E Kelmer Sacramento, JM Kirkpatrick… - Molecular systems …, 2020 - embopress.org
A progressive loss of protein homeostasis is characteristic of aging and a driver of
neurodegeneration. To investigate this process quantitatively, we characterized proteome …

[HTML][HTML] A platform for rapid exploration of aging and diseases in a naturally short-lived vertebrate

I Harel, BA Benayoun, B Machado, PP Singh, CK Hu… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Aging is a complex process that affects multiple organs. Modeling aging and age-related
diseases in the lab is challenging because classical vertebrate models have relatively long …

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 …

From humans to hydra: patterns of cancer across the tree of life

TAF Albuquerque, L Drummond do Val… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is a disease of multicellularity; it originates when cells become dysregulated due to
mutations and grow out of control, invading other tissues and provoking discomfort …

RNA‐seq of the aging brain in the short‐lived fish N. furzeri – conserved pathways and novel genes associated with neurogenesis

M Baumgart, M Groth, S Priebe, A Savino, G Testa… - Aging cell, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The brains of teleost fish show extensive adult neurogenesis and neuronal regeneration.
The patterns of gene regulation during fish brain aging are unknown. The short‐lived teleost …

Laboratory breeding of the short-lived annual killifish Nothobranchius furzeri

M Polačik, R Blažek, M Reichard - Nature Protocols, 2016 - nature.com
Turquoise killifish, Nothobranchius furzeri, have an intrinsically short life span, with a median
life span of< 6 months and a maximum (90%) life span of 9 months. This short life span …