Zebrafish

"Zebrafish" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An exotic species of the family CYPRINIDAE, originally from Asia, that has been introduced in North America. Zebrafish is a model organism for drug assay and cancer research.

Descriptor ID	D015027
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.493.200.244.828
Concept/Terms	Zebrafish Zebrafish B. rerio Zebra Fishes Fishes, Zebra Zebra danio Zebra danios danio, Zebra Danio rerio Brachydanio rerio Zebrafishes Zebra Fish D. rerio D. rerios

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Zebrafish".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Fishes [B01.050.150.900.493]
Cypriniformes [B01.050.150.900.493.200]
Cyprinidae [B01.050.150.900.493.200.244]
Zebrafish [B01.050.150.900.493.200.244.828]

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Bar chart showing 289 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2010 and 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	5	0	5
1997	2	0	2
1999	2	0	2
2000	1	0	1
2001	2	1	3
2002	12	3	15
2003	7	0	7
2004	5	2	7
2005	6	1	7
2006	9	1	10
2007	6	2	8
2008	7	5	12
2009	7	2	9
2010	11	7	18
2011	10	8	18
2012	4	6	10
2013	4	8	12
2014	7	7	14
2015	5	5	10
2016	6	11	17
2017	6	7	13
2018	2	7	9
2019	8	9	17
2020	4	7	11
2021	5	7	12
2022	6	8	14
2023	6	3	9
2024	4	1	5
2025	8	4	12

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Wee D, Pandey M, Chen Y, Lorenzini PA, Chow EW, Wang Y, Singhal A, Oehlers SH. Primary tuberculous mycobacterial granulomas provide a niche for superinfecting Mycobacterium abscessus. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 28; 16(1):10760.

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Calhoun CCS, Capps MES, Muya K, Gannaway WC, Martina V, Conklin CL, Klein MC, Webster JM, Torija-Olson EG, Thyme SB. Removal of developmentally regulated microexons has a minimal impact on larval zebrafish brain morphology and function. Elife. 2025 Nov 18; 13.

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Moyer AJ, Chrabasz JA, Barcus AK, Cheng J, Capps MES, Lalonde RL, Mosimann C, Thyme SB. Genetic context of transgene insertion can influence neurodevelopment in zebrafish. Genetics. 2025 Nov 12; 231(3).

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Surette E, Donahue J, Soto Martinez C, Robinson S, McKenna D, Fitzgerald B, Backus K, Karlstrom RO, Cumplido N, McMenamin SK. Caudal fin shape imprinted during late zebrafish embryogenesis is re-patterned by the Sonic hedgehog pathway. PLoS Biol. 2025 Aug; 23(8):e3003336.

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Dang NDP, Barcus AK, Conklin CL, Truong TQ, Vivian MD, Wang J, Thomas HR, Parant JM, Yeo NC, Thyme SB. Disrupted development of sensory systems and the cerebellum in a zebrafish ebf3a mutant. G3 (Bethesda). 2025 07 09; 15(7).

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Fissore RA, Lopes EM, Carpentiero F. Zebrafish sperm outsource activation to eggs' protease-activated receptors. PLoS Biol. 2025 Jun; 23(6):e3003214.

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Oikemus S, Hu K, Shin M, Idrizi F, Goodman-Khan A, Kolb A, Ghanta KS, Lee J, Wagh A, Wolfe SA, Zhu LJ, Watts JK, Lawson ND. Identifying optimal conditions for precise knock-in of exogenous DNA into the zebrafish genome. Development. 2025 Jun 15; 152(12).

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Capps MES, Moyer AJ, Conklin CL, Martina V, Torija-Olson EG, Klein MC, Gannaway WC, Calhoun CCS, Vivian MD, Thyme SB. Disrupted diencephalon development and neuropeptidergic pathways in zebrafish with autism-risk mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jun 10; 122(23):e2402557122.

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Wu P, Song N, Xiang Y, Tao Z, Mao B, Guo R, Wang X, Wu D, Zhang Z, Chen X, Ma D, Zhang T, Hao B, Ma J. FOXK2 in skeletal muscle development: a new pathogenic gene for congenital myopathy with ptosis. EMBO Mol Med. 2025 Jul; 17(7):1599-1630.

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Lu PN, Melton C, Dupont B, Jones JR, Abidi F, Rose A, Patterson WG, Lyons MJ, Flanagan-Steet H. Loss of Function SPTAN1 Variants Result in Ataxia and Intellectual Disability. Clin Genet. 2025 Sep; 108(3):231-239.

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