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Zebrafish as a Versatile Model for Cardiovascular Research: Peering into the Heart of the Matter.

Ramcharan Singh Angom, Meghna Singh, Huzaifa Muhammad, Sai Manasa Varanasi, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Zebrafish: A Versatile and Powerful Model for Biomedical Research.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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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

5 authors.

Ramcharan Singh AngomDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine and Science, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5894-1108
Meghna SinghDepartment of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 92093, USA.
Huzaifa MuhammadDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine and Science, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-2494-5461
Sai Manasa VaranasiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine and Science, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-4259-5604
Debabrata MukhopadhyayDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine and Science, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1858-5054

Funding

Distinct Pathways of VPF/VEGF ReceptorsR01HL140411 · NHLBI · MAYO CLINIC JACKSONVILLE · PI DEBABRATA MUKHOPADHYAY · 2018 to 2026
$4.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS 2R01HL14011-05A1NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL140411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in the world. A total of 17.5 million people died of CVDs in the year 2012, accounting for 31% of all deaths globally. Vertebrate animal models have been used to understand cardiac disease biology, as the cellular, molecular, and physiological aspects of human CVDs can be replicated closely in these organisms. Zebrafish is a popular model organism offering an arsenal of genetic tools that allow the rapid in vivo analysis of vertebrate gene function and disease conditions. It has a short breeding cycle, high fecundity, optically transparent embryos, rapid internal organ development, and easy maintenance. This review aims to give readers an overview of zebrafish cardiac biology and a detailed account of heart development in zebrafish and its comparison with humans and the conserved genetic circuitry. We also discuss the contributions made in CVD research using the zebrafish model. The first part of this review focuses on detailed information on the morphogenetic and differentiation processes in early cardiac development. The overlap and divergence of the human heart's genetic circuitry, structure, and physiology are emphasized wherever applicable. In the second part of the review, we overview the molecular tools and techniques available to dissect gene function and expression in zebrafish, with special mention of the use of these tools in cardiac biology.

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Cardiovascular DiseasesHeartZebrafishAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumanscardiovascular diseaseCRISPRforward geneticsheart developmentmutantreverse geneticsTALENzebrafish

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PMID40214485
PMCPMC11988917

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