2017
Chapter Two Using Zebrafish to Study Kidney Development and Disease
Jerman S, Sun Z. Chapter Two Using Zebrafish to Study Kidney Development and Disease. Current Topics In Developmental Biology 2017, 124: 41-79. PMID: 28335864, DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2016.11.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney developmentAttractive vertebrate modelShares significant similarityRenal developmental defectsVertebrate modelVertebrate kidneyDanio rerioZebrafish modelSignificant similarityZebrafishDevelopmental defectsWater homeostasisRepair processFunctional unitsVertebratesRerioPowerful toolHuman patientsInvaluable informationSimilarityProfound potentialChapter TwoHomeostasisPromising modelDevelopment
2013
Chapter Nine Dissecting the Functional Interplay Between the TOR Pathway and the Cilium in Zebrafish
Yuan S, Zhao L, Sun Z. Chapter Nine Dissecting the Functional Interplay Between the TOR Pathway and the Cilium in Zebrafish. Methods In Enzymology 2013, 525: 159-189. PMID: 23522470, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-397944-5.00009-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTOR pathwayCilia length controlGreen alga ChlamydomonasKupffer's vesiclePatterning defectsCiliary precursorsNutrient cuesCiliopathic phenotypesVertebrate modelTranslational regulationAlga ChlamydomonasCilia morphologyFunctional interplayEmbryonic organsFluid flow generationZebrafishCellular growthCilia lengthMajor regulatorChlamydomonasRapamycin (mTOR) pathwayLength controlCiliary motilityFundamental processesMechanistic relationship