The aim of the study was to compare the acute toxicity of diclofenac to juvenile and embryonic stages of the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Acute toxicity tests were performed on the aquarium fish Danio rerio, which is one of the model organisms most commonly used in toxicity testing. The tests were performed using a semi-static method according to OECD guideline No. 203 (Fish, acute toxicity test). ...

Goodpasture syndrome is an autoimmune vascular disease associated with kidney and lung failure, with pathogenic circulating autoantibodies targeted to a set of discontinuous epitope sequences within the noncollagenous domain-1 (NC1) of the alpha3 chain of type IV collagen (alpha3(IV)NC1), the Goodpasture autoantigen. We demonstrate that basement membrane extracted NC1 domain preparations from C...

To orchestrate the genomic response to cellular stress signals, p53 recognizes and binds to DNA containing specific and well-characterized p53-responsive elements (REs). Differences in RE sequences can strongly affect the p53 transactivation capacity and occur even between closely related species. Therefore, the identification and characterization of a species-specific p53 Binding sistes (BS) c...

The Zebrafish Experimental Conditions Ontology (ZECO) defines the major experimental conditions used in research studies that employ the zebrafish, Danio rerio. We are systematically building the ontology to encompass both standard control conditions and experimental conditions and it is designed to allow better data curation and more precise information retrieval. Keywords—zebrafish; Danio rer...

iv CHAPTER 1. General Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2. Literature Review 5 CHAPTER 3. Rac2 expression in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) 25 CHAPTER 4. Rac2 function in the adult zebrafish neutrophil 45 CHAPTER 5. The effect of Rac2 inhibition and gene knockdown during infectious disease on the mortality of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos infected via immersion 61 CHAPTER 6. General Conclusions 75

Comparative analysis of metagenomic DNA extraction methods from gut microbiota zebrafish (Danio rerio) for downstream next-generation sequencingVenetia D#;Rose, Tina Kollannoor Johny, Sarita Bhat

Histidyl tRNA Synthetase (HARS) is a member of the aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (ARS) family of enzymes. This family of 20 enzymes is responsible for attaching specific amino acids to their cognate tRNA molecules, a critical step in protein synthesis. However, recent work highlighting a growing number of associations between ARS genes and diverse human diseases raises the possibility of new and un...

Alarm substances elicit behavioural responses in a wide range of animals but effects on early embryonic development are virtually unknown. Here we investigated whether skin injury-induced alarm substances caused physiological responses in embryos produced by two Danio species (Danio rerio and Danio albolineatus). Both species showed more rapid physiological development in the presence of alarm ...

A. 1981. Attraction of zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio to isolated and partially purified chromatographic fractions. Enivron. Baier, H. 2000. Zebrafish on the move: towards a behavior-genetic analysis of vertebrate vision. behavioral screening method for detecting auditory response defects in zebrafish. An increase in habitat complexity reduces aggression and monopolization of food by zebra fish (...