斑马鱼
毒物
肝损伤
肝病
肝再生
脂肪肝
纤维化
生物
疾病
肝癌
生物信息学
肝纤维化
再生(生物学)
病理
医学
癌症研究
内科学
基因
药理学
肝细胞癌
细胞生物学
毒性
遗传学
生物化学
作者
Elena Magnani,Anjana Ramdas Nair,Ian McBain,Patrice Delaney,Jaime Chu,Kirsten C. Sadler
出处
期刊:Methods in molecular biology
日期:2023-09-06
卷期号:: 43-69
标识
DOI:10.1007/978-1-0716-3401-1_3
摘要
Liver disease affects millions of people worldwide, and the high morbidity and mortality is attributed in part to the paucity of treatment options. In many cases, liver injury self-resolves due to the remarkable regenerative capacity of the liver, but in cases when regeneration cannot compensate for the injury, inflammation and fibrosis occur, creating a setting for the emergence of liver cancer. Whole animal models are crucial for deciphering the basic biological underpinnings of liver biology and pathology and, importantly, for developing and testing new treatments for liver disease before it progresses to a terminal state. The cellular components and functions of the zebrafish liver are highly similar to mammals, and zebrafish develop many diseases that are observed in humans, including toxicant-induced liver injury, fatty liver, fibrosis, and cancer. Therefore, the widespread use of zebrafish larvae for studying the mechanisms of these pathologies and for developing potential treatments necessitates the optimization of experimental approaches to assess liver disease in this model. Here, we describe protocols using staining methods, imaging, and gene expression analysis to assess liver injury, fibrosis, and preneoplastic changes in the liver of larval zebrafish.
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