Swimming into prominence: the zebrafish as a valuable tool for studying human myopathies and muscular dystrophies

Genome editing with RNA-guided Cas9 nuclease in Zebrafish embryos

(2013) Nannan Chang et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Missense mutations in β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1 (B3GNT1) cause Walker–Warburg syndrome

(2013) Karen Buysse et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Knockdown of desmin in zebrafish larvae affects interfilament spacing and mechanical properties of skeletal muscle

(2013) Mei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Neuromuscular junction abnormalities in DNM2-related centronuclear myopathy

(2013) Elizabeth M. Gibbs et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Efficient genome editing in zebrafish using a CRISPR-Cas system

(2013) Woong Y Hwang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering via Cas9

(2013) P. Mali et al.   SCIENCE

Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems

(2013) L. Cong et al.   SCIENCE

Analysis of Embryonic and Larval Zebrafish Skeletal Myofibers from Dissociated Preparations

(2013) Eric J. Horstick et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Exome Sequencing and Functional Validation in Zebrafish Identify GTDC2 Mutations as a Cause of Walker-Warburg Syndrome

(2012) M. Chiara Manzini et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Dominant Mutation of CCDC78 in a Unique Congenital Myopathy with Prominent Internal Nuclei and Atypical Cores

(2012) Karen Majczenko et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Quantification of birefringence readily measures the level of muscle damage in zebrafish

(2012) Joachim Berger et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Oxidative stress and successful antioxidant treatment in models of RYR1-related myopathy

(2012) James J. Dowling et al.   BRAIN

In Vivo Imaging of Molecular Interactions at Damaged Sarcolemma

(2012) Urmas Roostalu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Zebrafish models flex their muscles to shed light on muscular dystrophies

(2012) J. Berger et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Expression of DUX4 in zebrafish development recapitulates facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

(2012) Hiroaki Mitsuhashi et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Hooked! Modeling human disease in zebrafish

(2012) Cristina Santoriello et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

In vivo genome editing using a high-efficiency TALEN system

(2012) Victoria M. Bedell et al.   NATURE

Mutations in ISPD cause Walker-Warburg syndrome and defective glycosylation of α-dystroglycan

(2012) Tony Roscioli et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Mutations affecting the cytoplasmic functions of the co-chaperone DNAJB6 cause limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

(2012) Jaakko Sarparanta et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Muscle diseases in the zebrafish

(2012) Yung-Yao Lin   NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

A Splice Site Mutation in Laminin-α2 Results in a Severe Muscular Dystrophy and Growth Abnormalities in Zebrafish

(2012) Vandana A. Gupta et al.   PLoS One

NAD+ Biosynthesis Ameliorates a Zebrafish Model of Muscular Dystrophy

(2012) Michelle F. Goody et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

neb: a zebrafish model of nemaline myopathy due to nebulin mutation

(2011) W. R. Telfer et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

The zebrafish dag1 mutant: a novel genetic model for dystroglycanopathies

(2011) Vandana Gupta et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Abnormal vascular development in zebrafish models for fukutin and FKRP deficiency

(2011) Alasdair J. Wood et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Zebrafish Fukutin family proteins link the unfolded protein response with dystroglycanopathies

(2011) Yung-Yao Lin et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Connexin 39.9 Protein Is Necessary for Coordinated Activation of Slow-twitch Muscle and Normal Behavior in Zebrafish

(2011) Hiromi Hirata et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Evaluation of exon-skipping strategies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy utilizing dystrophin-deficient zebrafish

(2011) Joachim Berger et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

DHODH modulates transcriptional elongation in the neural crest and melanoma

(2011) Richard Mark White et al.   NATURE

Targeted gene disruption in somatic zebrafish cells using engineered TALENs

(2011) Jeffry D Sander et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

King–Denborough syndrome with and without mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene

(2011) James J. Dowling et al.   NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

Embryonic Senescence and Laminopathies in a Progeroid Zebrafish Model

(2011) Eriko Koshimizu et al.   PLoS One

Drug screening in a zebrafish model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

(2011) G. Kawahara et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DUX4, a candidate gene for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, causes p53-dependent myopathy in vivo

(2010) Lindsay M. Wallace et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

RYR1 mutations are a common cause of congenital myopathies with central nuclei

(2010) J.M. Wilmshurst et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Protein O-mannosylation is necessary for normal embryonic development in zebrafish

(2010) E. Avsar-Ban et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Zebrafish models of collagen VI-related myopathies

(2010) W.R. Telfer et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Dystrophin-deficient zebrafish feature aspects of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy pathology

(2010) Joachim Berger et al.   NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

Recessive RYR1 mutations cause unusual congenital myopathy with prominent nuclear internalization and large areas of myofibrillar disorganization

(2010) J. A. Bevilacqua et al.   NEUROPATHOLOGY AND APPLIED NEUROBIOLOGY

Sildenafil reverses cardiac dysfunction in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

(2010) C. M. Adamo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In-vivo characterization of human dilated cardiomyopathy genes in zebrafish

(2009) Britta Vogel et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Zebrafish models for human FKRP muscular dystrophies

(2009) Genri Kawahara et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Depletion of zebrafish Tcap leads to muscular dystrophy via disrupting sarcomere–membrane interaction, not sarcomere assembly

(2009) Ruilin Zhang et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Loss of Myotubularin Function Results in T-Tubule Disorganization in Zebrafish and Human Myotubular Myopathy

(2009) James J. Dowling et al.   PLoS Genetics

Developmental defects in a zebrafish model for muscular dystrophies associated with the loss of fukutin-related protein (FKRP)

(2008) Paul Thornhill et al.   BRAIN

Zebrafish integrin-linked kinase is required in skeletal muscles for strengthening the integrin–ECM adhesion complex

(2008) Ruben Postel et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Genes required for functional glycosylation of dystroglycan are conserved in zebrafish☆☆Sequence data from this article have been deposited with the GenBank Data Library under Accession Nos. DQ826745 (Fukutin), DQ826746 (FKRP), DQ826747 (POMGnT1), DQ826748 (POMT1), and DQ826749 (POMT2).

(2008) Christopher J. Moore et al.   GENOMICS

Genetic isolation and characterization of a splicing mutant of zebrafish dystrophin

(2008) Jeffrey R. Guyon et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Structure and Function of Skeletal Muscle in Zebrafish Early Larvae

(2008) Ying Dou et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Selenoprotein N is required for ryanodine receptor calcium release channel activity in human and zebrafish muscle

(2008) M. J. Jurynec et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Zinc Finger–Based Knockout Punches for Zebrafish Genes

(2008) Stephen C. Ekker   Zebrafish