PUBLICATION
Leveraging Zebrafish to Study Retinal Degenerations
- Authors
- Angueyra, J.M., Kindt, K.S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-181005-5
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 6: 110 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Kindt, Katie
- Keywords
- Müller glia, developmental biology, photoreceptor cells, regeneration, retinal circuitry and visual pathways, retinal degeneration, rewiring, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 30283779 Full text @ Front Cell Dev Biol
Citation
Angueyra, J.M., Kindt, K.S. (2018) Leveraging Zebrafish to Study Retinal Degenerations. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology. 6:110.
Abstract
Retinal degenerations are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by death of photoreceptors and progressive loss of vision. Retinal degenerations are a major cause of blindness in developed countries (Bourne et al., 2017; De Bode, 2017) and currently have no cure. In this review, we will briefly review the latest advances in therapies for retinal degenerations, highlighting the current barriers to study and develop therapies that promote photoreceptor regeneration in mammals. In light of these barriers, we present zebrafish as a powerful model to study photoreceptor regeneration and their integration into retinal circuits after regeneration. We outline why zebrafish is well suited for these analyses and summarize the powerful tools available in zebrafish that could be used to further uncover the mechanisms underlying photoreceptor regeneration and rewiring. In particular, we highlight that it is critical to understand how rewiring occurs after regeneration and how it differs from development. Insights derived from photoreceptor regeneration and rewiring in zebrafish may provide leverage to develop therapeutic targets to treat retinal degenerations.
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