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Author Spotlight: Mapping Cellular Connectivity in the Zebrafish Nervous System During Development and Regeneration
Published on: July 5, 2024
Blood in the water: recent uses of zebrafish to study myeloid biology
Samuel J Wattrus1,2, Leonard I Zon1,2
1Stem Cell Program and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Purpose Of Review:
Myeloid cells contribute to immune response to infection and tissue regeneration after injury as well as to the developmental induction of the hematopoietic system overall. Here we review recent uses of zebrafish to advance the study of myeloid biology in development and disease.
Recent Findings:
Recent studies have made use of advanced imaging and genetic strategies and have highlighted key concepts in myeloid cell behavior. These include immune-cell cross-talk and subpopulation response in infection and regeneration, and tightly regulated inflammatory and tissue remodeling behaviors in development.
Summary:
These new findings will shape our understanding of the developmental origins of immune populations as well as their specific cellular behaviors at all stages of infection, regeneration, and myeloid neoplasms.
