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Characterization and Phenotypic Assessment of Zebrafish Disease Models for Splice Modulation Studies.
Holly R Thomas1, Katherine G English2, Matthew S Alexander3,4,5,6,7
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|October 1, 2025
Summary
Zebrafish models are created for studying human diseases and drug screening. These models utilize genome editing for disease mimicry and high-throughput drug discovery.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Research
- Genetics
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are valuable biomedical models due to conserved genes and disease pathology recapitulation.
- Genome editing advances facilitate rapid generation of precise zebrafish models for human disorders.
- Zebrafish offer advantages for high-throughput drug screening, including large clutch size and ex vivo development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the generation of novel zebrafish models.
- To enable splice modulation studies in a vertebrate system.
- To facilitate general phenotypic assessments for human disease modeling.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing advanced genome editing techniques.
- Generating precision and inducible zebrafish models.
- Employing zebrafish for phenotypic analysis and drug screening.
Main Results:
- Successfully generated zebrafish models for disease research.
- Established models suitable for splice modulation studies.
- Demonstrated the utility of zebrafish for phenotypic assessments.
Conclusions:
- Zebrafish are a powerful and versatile model for human disease research.
- The developed models advance splice modulation studies and drug discovery.
- Zebrafish systems are highly effective for high-throughput screening and phenotypic analysis.
