Extracellular vesicles through the blood–brain barrier: A review

HM Ramos-Zaldívar, I Polakovicova… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2022 - Springer
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are particles naturally released from cells that are delimited by a
lipid bilayer and are unable to replicate. How the EVs cross the Blood–Brain barrier (BBB) in …

Zebrafish as a tractable model of human cardiovascular disease

G Bowley, E Kugler, R Wilkinson… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mammalian models including non‐human primates, pigs and rodents have been used
extensively to study the mechanisms of cardiovascular disease. However, there is an …

A molecular atlas of cell types and zonation in the brain vasculature

M Vanlandewijck, L He, MA Mäe, J Andrae, K Ando… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Cerebrovascular disease is the third most common cause of death in developed countries,
but our understanding of the cells that compose the cerebral vasculature is limited. Here …

Dynamic control of proinflammatory cytokines Il-1β and Tnf-α by macrophages in zebrafish spinal cord regeneration

TM Tsarouchas, D Wehner, L Cavone, T Munir… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury leads to a massive response of innate immune cells in non-regenerating
mammals, but also in successfully regenerating zebrafish. However, the role of the immune …

Bridging barriers: a comparative look at the blood–brain barrier across organisms

NM O'Brown, SJ Pfau, C Gu - Genes & development, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) restricts free access of molecules between the blood and the
brain and is essential for regulating the neural microenvironment. Here, we describe how …

Single-cell analysis of shared signatures and transcriptional diversity during zebrafish development

A Sur, Y Wang, P Capar, G Margolin, MK Prochaska… - Developmental Cell, 2023 - cell.com
During development, animals generate distinct cell populations with specific identities,
functions, and morphologies. We mapped transcriptionally distinct populations across …

[HTML][HTML] How to plumb a pisces: understanding vascular development and disease using zebrafish embryos

BM Hogan, S Schulte-Merker - Developmental cell, 2017 - cell.com
Our vasculature plays diverse and critical roles in homeostasis and disease. In recent
decades, the use of zebrafish has driven our understanding of vascular development into …

Wnt signaling controls pro-regenerative Collagen XII in functional spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish

D Wehner, TM Tsarouchas, A Michael, C Haase… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The inhibitory extracellular matrix in a spinal lesion site is a major impediment to axonal
regeneration in mammals. In contrast, the extracellular matrix in zebrafish allows substantial …

Activation of a transient progenitor state in the epicardium is required for zebrafish heart regeneration

Y Xia, S Duca, B Perder, F Dündar, P Zumbo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The epicardium, a mesothelial cell tissue that encompasses vertebrate hearts, supports
heart regeneration after injury through paracrine effects and as a source of multipotent …

Pericytes in the renal vasculature: roles in health and disease

I Shaw, S Rider, J Mullins, J Hughes… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
In the dense circulatory system of the kidney, as in all vascularized tissues, pericytes enwrap
capillaries and microvessels to regulate angiogenesis, stabilize microvascular networks and …