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Zebrafish caudal fin angiogenesis assay—advanced quantitative assessment including 3-way correlative microscopy

Hlushchuk, Ruslan ; Brönnimann, Daniel ; Shokiche, Carlos Correa ; Schaad, Laura ; Triet, Ramona ; Jazwinska, Anna ; Tschanz, Stefan A. ; Djonov, Valentin

In: PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, no. 3, p. e0149281

Background: Researchers evaluating angiomodulating compounds as a part of scientific projects or pre-clinical studies are often confronted with limitations of applied animal models. The rough and insufficient early-stage compound assessment without reliable quantification of the vascular response counts, at least partially, to the low transition rate to clinics. Objective: To establish an...

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characteristics of rod regeneration in a novel zebrafish retinal degeneration model using N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)

Tappeiner, Christoph ; Balmer, Jasmin ; Iglicki, Matias ; Schuerch, Kaspar ; Jazwinska, Anna ; Enzmann, Volker ; Tschopp, Markus

In: PLoS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, no. 8, p. e71064

Primary loss of photoreceptors caused by diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa is one of the main causes of blindness worldwide. To study such diseases, rodent models of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)-induced retinal degeneration are widely used. As zebrafish (Danio rerio) are a popular model system for visual research that offers persistent retinal neurogenesis throughout the lifetime and retinal...