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ReviewHeart failure reviews2016

Zebrafish models of cardiovascular disease.

Despina Bournele, Dimitris Beis

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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59citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Zebrafish in Cardiovascular Disease Research: from Model to Application.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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  15. Zebrafish Congenital Heart Disease Models: Opportunities and Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. Zebrafish (International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Despina BourneleZebrafish Disease Models Lab, Center for Clinical Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitris BeisZebrafish Disease Models Lab, Center for Clinical Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. dbeis@bioacademy.gr.ORCID 0000-0003-2579-7848
Academy of Athens · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The most significant risk factors associated with the development of heart diseases include genetic and environmental factors such as hypertension, high blood cholesterol levels, diabetes, smoking, and obesity. Coronary artery disease accounts for the highest percentage of CVD deaths and stroke, cardiomyopathies, congenital heart diseases, heart valve defects and arrhythmias follow. The causes, prevention, and treatment of all forms of cardiovascular disease remain active fields of biomedical research, with hundreds of scientific studies published on a weekly basis. Generating animal models of cardiovascular diseases is the main approach used to understand the mechanism of pathogenesis and also design and test novel therapies. Here, we will focus on recent advances to finding the genetic cause and the molecular mechanisms of CVDs as well as novel drugs to treat them, using a small tropical freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia: the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish emerged as a high-throughput but low-cost model organism that combines the advantages of forward and reverse genetics with phenotype-driven drug screenings. Noninvasive imaging allows in vivo analyses of cardiovascular phenotypes. Functional verification of candidate genes from genome-wide association studies has verified the role of several genes in the pathophysiology of CVDs. Also, zebrafish hearts maintain their ability to regenerate throughout their lifetime, providing novel insights to understand human cardiac regeneration.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalZebrafishAnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalGenome-Wide Association StudyHeartHumansPhenotypeRegenerationAnimal models of cardiovascular diseaseBasic researchGeneticsGWAS studiesRegenerationZebrafish

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PMID27503203
OpenAlexW2512350688

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