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Esaki M, Hoshijima K, Kobayashi S, Fukuda H, Kawakami K, Hirose S Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Jan;292(1):R470-80. Epub 2006 Aug 31.Uptake of Na(+) from the environment is an indispensable strategy for the survival of freshwater ...Visualization in zebrafish larvae of Na+ uptake in mitochondrion-rich cells whose differentiation...Microinjectionzebrafish
Zhang YJ, Wang KY, Stein DA, Patel D, Watkins R, Moulton HM, Iversen PL, Matson DO Antiviral Res. 2007 Jan;73(1):12-23. Epub 2006 Jun 14.Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is associated with Kaposi's sarcoma and primary ef...Inhibition of replication and transcription activator and latency-associated nuclear antigen of K...peptide-coupledcell culture: PEL cells
Cheng L, Guo XF, Yang XY, Chong M, Cheng J, Li G, Gui YH, Lu DR Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Jun 16;344(4):1290-9. Epub 2006 Apr 19.delta-sarcoglycan, one member of the sarcoglycan complex, is a very conservative muscle-specific ...delta-sarcoglycan is necessary for early heart and muscle development in zebrafishMicroinjectionzebrafish
Chiou MJ, Chao TT, Wu JL, Kuo CM, Chen JY Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Oct 20;349(2):750-8. Epub 2006 Aug 28.During mouse embryogenesis, CTGF/CCN2 is expressed in zones containing hypertrophic chondroctyes ...The physiological role of CTGF/CCN2 in zebrafish notochond development and biological analysis of...Microinjectionzebrafish
Weber GJ, Choe SE, Dooley KA, Paffett-Lugassy NN, Zhou Y, Zon LI. Blood. 2005 Jul 15;106(2):521-30. Epub 2005 Apr 12.Hematopoiesis involves the production of stem cells, followed by the orchestrated differentiation...Mutant specific gene programs in the zebrafishMicroinjectionzebrafish
Nissen RM, Amsterdam A, Hopkins N BMC Dev Biol. 2006 Jun 7;6:28.ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Craniofacial birth defects result from defects in cranial neural crest (NC)...A zebrafish screen for craniofacial mutants identifies wdr68 as a highly conserved gene required ...Microinjectionzebrafish
Isenberg, J. S., Romeo, M. J., Abu-Asab, M., Tsokos, M., Oldenborg, A., Pappan, L., Wink, D. A. ... Circ. Res. 100:712-720, 2007Thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) limits the angiogenic and vasodilator activities of NO. This activity of ...Increasing survival of ischemic tissue by targeting CD47.in vivo: injectionmice and cell culture
Saulnier DM, Ghanbari H, Brandli AW Dev Biol. 2002 Aug 1;248(1):13-28In the vertebrate embryo, development of the excretory system is characterized by the successive ...Essential function of wnt-4 for tubulogenesis in the Xenopus pronephric kidneyMicroinjectionXenopus
Cheng W, Guo L, Zhang Z, Soo HM, Wen C, Wu W, Peng J Dev Biol. 2006 Jun 15;294(2):482-96. Epub 2006 Apr 24.Defects in some of liver-enriched genes in mammals will cause liver- and/or blood-related disease...HNF factors form a network to regulate liver-enriched genes in zebrafishMicroinjectionzebrafish
van der Meer DL, Marques IJ, Leito JT, Besser J, Bakkers J, Schoonheere E, Bagowski CP Dev Biol. 2006 Nov 15;299(2):356-72. Epub 2006 Aug 4.Mammalian CYPHER (Oracle, KIA0613), a member of the PDZ-LIM family of proteins (Enigma/LMP-1, ENH...Zebrafish cypher is important for somite formation and heart developmentMicroinjectionzebrafish
Sato M, Tsai HJ, Yost HJ Dev Biol. 2006 Oct 1;298(1):12-21. Epub 2006 Jun 2.The primary heart field in all vertebrates is thought to be derived exclusively from lateral plat...Semaphorin3D regulates invasion of cardiac neural crest cells into the primary heart fieldMicroinjectionzebrafish
Feng L, Hernandez RE, Waxman JS, Yelon D, Moens CB Dev Biol. 2009 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print]Retinoic acid (RA) is an important developmental signaling molecule responsible for the patternin...Dhrs3a Regulates Retinoic Acid Biosynthesis through a Feedback Inhibition Mechanismzebrafish
Brott BK, Sokol SY. Dev Cell. 2005 May;8(5):703-15.Early stages of vertebrate heart development have been linked to Wnt signaling. Here we show in b...A vertebrate homolog of the cell cycle regulator Dbf4 is an inhibitor of Wnt signaling required f...MicroinjectionXenopus
Liu F, van den Broek O, Destree O, Hoppler S Development. 2005 Dec;132(24):5375-85. Epub 2005 Nov 16.Tcf/Lef transcription factors and beta-catenin mediate canonical Wnt signalling, which plays rema...Distinct roles for Xenopus Tcf/Lef genes in mediating specific responses to Wnt/beta-catenin sign...MicroinjectionXenopus laevis
Honjo Y, Eisen JS Development. 2005 Oct;132(20):4461-70. Epub 2005 Sep 14.In avians and mice, trunk neural crest migration is restricted to the anterior half of each somit...Slow muscle regulates the pattern of trunk neural crest migration in zebrafishMicroinjectionzebrafish
Fairbank PD, Lee C, Ellis A, Hildebrand JD, Gross JM, Wallingford JB Development. 2006 Oct;133(20):4109-18. Epub 2006 Sep 20.Shroom family proteins have been implicated in the control of the actin cytoskeleton, but so far ...Shroom2 (APXL) regulates melanosome biogenesis and localization in the retinal pigment epitheliumMicroinjectionXenopus tropicalis
Moreno M, Munoz R, Aroca F, Labarca M, Brandan E, Larrain J EMBO J. 2005 Apr 6;24(7):1397-405. Epub 2005 Mar 17.The BMP4 signaling pathway plays key roles during early embryonic development and for maintenance...Biglycan is a new extracellular component of the Chordin-BMP4 signaling pathway.MicroinjectionXenopus
Yamamoto T, Suzuki N J Biol Chem. 2005 Apr 29;280(17):16979-86. Epub 2005 Feb 14.We isolated and characterized cDNA clones (PKG Ia and PKG Ib) for medaka fish cGMP-dependent prot...Expression and function of cGMP-dependent protein kinase type I during medaka fish embryogenesisMicroinjectionmedaka
Dumont J, Umbhauer M, Rassinier P, Hanauer A, Verlhac MH J Cell Biol. 2005 Apr 25;169(2):227-31. Epub 2005 Apr 18.Vertebrate oocytes arrest in metaphase of the second meiotic division (MII), where they maintain ...p90Rsk is not involved in cytostatic factor arrest in mouse oocytesMicroinjectionXenopus
Connor RM, Allen CL, Devine CA, Claxton C, Key B J Comp Neurol. 2005 Apr 25;485(1):32-42The early axon scaffolding in the embryonic vertebrate brain consists of a series of ventrally pr...BOC, brother of CDO, is a dorsoventral axon-guidance molecule in the embryonic vertebrate brainMicroinjectionzebrafish
Blasiole B, Kabbani N, Boehmler W, Thisse B, Thisse C, Canfield V, Levenson R J Neurobiol. 2005 Sep 5;64(3):285-97.We have analyzed the functional role of neuronal calcium sensor-1 (Ncs-1) in zebrafish developmen...Neuronal calcium sensor-1 gene ncs-1a is essential for semicircular canal formation in zebrafish ...Microinjectionzebrafish
Cui WW, Low SE, Hirata H, Saint-Amant L, Geisler R, Hume RI, Kuwada JY. J Neurosci. 2005 Jul 13;25(28):6610-20.shocked (sho) is a zebrafish mutation that causes motor deficits attributable to CNS defects duri...The zebrafish shocked gene encodes a glycine transporter and is essential for the function of ear...Microinjectionzebrafish
Nakamura H, Katahira T, Sato T, Watanabe Y, Funahashi J. Mech Dev. 2004 Sep;121(9):1137-43.It remained very difficult to manipulate gene expression in chick embryos until the advent of in ...Gain- and loss-of-function in chick embryos by electroporation.Electroporationchick embryo
Ku M, Sokol SY, Wu J, Tussie-Luna MI, Roy AL, Hata A. Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Aug;25(16):7144-57.Goosecoid (Gsc) is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor present in a wide variety of ver...Positive and negative regulation of the transforming growth factor beta/activin target gene goose...MicroinjectionXenopus laevis
Hsu HJ, Hsu NC, Hu MC, Chung BC Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2006 Mar 27;248(1-2):160-3. Epub 2005 Dec 13. Review.Steroid hormones regulate physiological homeostasis for salt, sugar, and sex differentiation. All...Steroidogenesis in zebrafish and mouse modelsMicroinjectionzebrafish
Zhao Y, Yang Z, Phelan JK, Wheeler DA, Lin S, McCabe ER Mol. Endocrinol., Nov 2006; 20: 2630 - 2640.Mutations in the human nuclear receptor, DAX1, cause X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC)....Zebrafish dax1 is required for development of the interrenal organ, the adrenal cortex equivalentMicroinjectionzebrafish
Boyadjiev SA, Fromme JC, Ben J, Chong SS, Nauta C, Hur DJ, Zhang G, Hamamoto S, Schekman R, Ravaz... Nat Genet. 2006 Oct;38(10):1192-7. Epub 2006 Sep 17.Cranio-lenticulo-sutural dysplasia (CLSD) is an autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by lat...Cranio-lenticulo-sutural dysplasia is caused by a SEC23A mutation leading to abnormal endoplasmic...Microinjectionzebrafish
Valente EM, Logan CV, Mougou-Zerelli S, Lee JH, Silhavy JL, Brancati F, Iannicelli M, Travaglini ... Nat Genet. 2010 May 30 [Epub ahead of print]Joubert syndrome (JBTS), related disorders (JSRDs) and Meckel syndrome (MKS) are ciliopathies. We...Mutations in TMEM216 perturb ciliogenesis and cause Joubert, Meckel and related syndromeszebrafish
Zhong TP, Childs S, Leu JP, Fishman MC Nature 2001 Nov 8;414(6860:216-20Arteries and veins are morphologically, functionally and molecularly very different, but how this...Gridlock signalling pathway fashions the first embryonic arteryMicroinjectionzebrafish
Zhu Y, Rice CD, Pang Y, Pace M, Thomas P Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 Mar 4;100(5):2231-6The structures of membrane receptors mediating rapid, nongenomic actions of steroids have not bee...Cloning, expression, and characterization of a membrane progestin receptor and evidence it is an ...Microinjectionzebrafish
Moeller H, Jenny A, Schaeffer HJ, Schwarz-Romond T, Mlodzik M, Hammerschmidt M, Birchmeier W. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Oct 24;103(43):15900-5. Epub 2006 Oct 10.Canonical and noncanonical Wnt signaling regulate crucial events in the development of vertebrate...Diversin regulates heart formation and gastrulation movements in development.Microinjectionzebrafish
Yamamoto T, Yao Y, Harumi T, Suzuki N Zoolog Sci 2003;20(2):181-91To better understand the nitric oxide (NO) / cyclic GMP (cGMP) signaling pathway during embryogen...Localization of the Nitric Oxide/cGMP Signaling Pathway-Related Genes and Influences of Morpholin...Microinjectionmedaka embryos
Prasch AL, Tanguay RL, Mehta V, Heideman W, Peterson RE2006 Mar;69(3):776-87. Epub 2005 Nov 23.In order to use the zebrafish as a model to study 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) deve...Identification of zebrafish ARNT1 homologs: TCDD toxicity in the developing zebrafish requires AR...Microinjectionzebrafish
Satoh K, Ohnishi J, Sato A, Takeyama M, Iemura SI, Natsume T, Shibuya H2007 Nov;27(21):7623-30. Epub 2007 Sep 4Development of anterior neural structure in Xenopus requires the inhibition of BMP and Wnt signal...Nemo-like kinase-myocyte enhancer factor 2A signaling regulates anterior formation in Xenopus dev...Xenopus
Nikitina N, Bronner-Fraser M, Sauka-Spengler T2009. Cold Spring Harb. Protoc. Lampreys are one of the most basal animals in which many of the true vertebrate characteristics (...Microinjection of RNA and Morpholino Oligos into Lamprey EmbryosMicroinjectionLamprey
Wang X, Smirnov SACS Nano. 2009 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print]The surface charge effect in controlling ionic conductance through a nanoporous alumina membrane ...Label-Free DNA Sensor Based on Surface Charge Modulated Ionic Conductance
Sun C, Xu M, Xing Z, Wu Z, Li Y, Li T, Zhao MActa Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2009 Aug;41(8):677-88Lissencephaly is a severe disease characterized by brain malformation. The main causative gene of...Expression and function on embryonic development of lissencephaly-1 genes in zebrafishzebrafish
Kole R, Williams T, Cohen LActa Biochim Pol. 2004;51(2):373-8Targeting splicing by antisense oligonucleotides allows RNA modifications that are not possible w...RNA modulation, repair and remodeling by splice switching oligonucleotidesnot applicablenot applicable
Tucker RPActa Histochemica et Cytochemica, 2002, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 361-366Using Antisense Morpholino Oligos to Knockdown Gene Expression in the Chicken Embryochick embryo
Yokota T, Duddy W, Partridge TActa Myol. 2007 Dec;26(3):179-84Exon skipping is one of the more promising therapeutic options for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (D...Optimizing exon skipping therapies for DMD
Lebleu B, Moulton HM, Abes R, Ivanova GD, Abes S, Stein DA, Iversen PL, Arzumanov AA, Gait MJAdv Drug Deliv Rev. 2008 Mar 1;60(4-5):517-29. Epub 2007 Oct 22.Charge neutral steric block oligonucleotide analogues, such as peptide nucleic acids (PNA) or pho...Cell penetrating peptide conjugates of steric block oligonucleotidespeptide-coupledvarious
Neuman BW, Stein DA, Kroeker AD, Moulton HM, Bestwick RK, Iversen PL, Buchmeier MJAdv Exp Med Biol. 2006;581:567-71No abstract available. Inhibition and escape of SARS-CoV treated with antisense morpholino oligomers
Nagashima M, Saito J, Mawatari K, Mori Y, Matsukawa T, Koriyama Y, Kato SAdv Exp Med Biol. 2010;664:517-24Recently, we cloned a photoreceptor-specific purpurin cDNA from axotomized goldfish retina. In th...A hypoplastic retinal lamination in the purpurin knock down embryo in zebrafishzebrafish
Brand, R.M. and Iversen, P.L.Advances Drug Devel. Reviews. 2000. 44(1): 51-57The potential for using antisense compounds as therapeutic agents has generated great enthusiasm....Transdermal delivery of antisense compoundstransdermalnot applicable
Nishimura DY, Swiderski RE, Searby CC, Berg EM, Ferguson AL, Hennekam R, Merin S, Weleber RG, Bie...Am J Hum Genet. 2005 Dec;77(6):1021-33. Epub 2005 Oct 26Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive, genetically heterogeneous, pleiotropic hum...Comparative genomics and gene expression analysis identifies BBS9, a new Bardet-Biedl syndrome ge...
Heuser A, Plovie ER, Ellinor PT, Grossmann KS, Shin JT, Wichter T, Basson CT, Lerman BB, Sasse-Kl...Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Dec;79(6):1081-8. Epub 2006 Oct 3Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a genetically heterogeneous heart-muscl...Mutant desmocollin-2 causes arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathyzebrafish
Asai-Coakwell M, French CR, Berry KM, Ye M, Koss R, Somerville M, Mueller R, van Heyningen V, Was...Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Feb;80(2):306-15. Epub 2006 Dec 29Colobomata represent visually impairing ocular closure defects that are associated with a diverse...GDF6, a Novel Locus for a Spectrum of Ocular Developmental Anomalies
Stoetzel C, Muller J, Laurier V, Davis EE, Zaghloul NA, Vicaire S, Jacquelin C, Plewniak F, Leitc...Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Jan;80(1):1-11. Epub 2006 Nov 15Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is primarily an autosomal recessive ciliopathy characterized by progr...Identification of a Novel BBS Gene (BBS12) Highlights the Major Role of a Vertebrate-Specific Bra...zebrafish
Valdmanis PN, Meijer IA, Reynolds A, Lei A, Macleod P, Schlesinger D, Zatz M, Reid E, Dion PA, Dr...Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Jan;80(1):152-61. Epub 2006 Dec 1Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a progressive upper-motor neurodegenerative disease. The e...Mutations in the KIAA0196 Gene at the SPG8 Locus Cause Hereditary Spastic Paraplegiazebrafish
Ugarte M, Aguado C, Desviat LR, Sanchez-Alcudia R, Rincon A, Perez BAm J Hum Genet. 2007 Oct 26;81(6) [Epub ahead of print] We describe the use of antisense morpholino oligonucleotides (AMOs) to restore normal splicing ca...Propionic and Methylmalonic Acidemia: Antisense Therapeutics for Intronic Variations Causing Aber...cell culture

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