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ReviewEye (London, England)2017

The zebrafish eye-a paradigm for investigating human ocular genetics.

R Richardson, D Tracey-White, A Webster, M Moosajee

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Review in Eye (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers.

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106citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

106 citing papers in PubMed, 195 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

R RichardsonDepartment of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
D Tracey-WhiteDepartment of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
A WebsterDepartment of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
M MoosajeeDepartment of Ocular Biology and Therapeutics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
University College London · GBMoorfields Eye Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although human epidemiological and genetic studies are essential to elucidate the aetiology of normal and aberrant ocular development, animal models have provided us with an understanding of the pathogenesis of multiple developmental ocular malformations. Zebrafish eye development displays in depth molecular complexity and stringent spatiotemporal regulation that incorporates developmental contributions of the surface ectoderm, neuroectoderm and head mesenchyme, similar to that seen in humans. For this reason, and due to its genetic tractability, external fertilisation, and early optical clarity, the zebrafish has become an invaluable vertebrate system to investigate human ocular development and disease. Recently, zebrafish have been at the leading edge of preclinical therapy development, with their amenability to genetic manipulation facilitating the generation of robust ocular disease models required for large-scale genetic and drug screening programmes. This review presents an overview of human and zebrafish ocular development, genetic methodologies employed for zebrafish mutagenesis, relevant models of ocular disease, and finally therapeutic approaches, which may have translational leads in the future.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsEyeEye DiseasesGenetic Association StudiesHumansVision, OcularZebrafish

Identifiers

PMID27612182
PMCPMC5233929
OpenAlexW2511047441

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