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Identifying Promoters of Hepatic Regeneration in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Following an Acetaminophen Liver Ablation
Identifying Promoters of Hepatic Regeneration in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Following an Acetaminophen Liver Ablation
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Dattilo, Zachary
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Montoya, Joseph P.
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Identifying chemicals that can promote regeneration in damaged liver tissue could be critical for curing various liver diseases and accelerating the healing of liver damage. In order to study the regeneration of developing livers in zebrafish, acetaminophen was explored as a possible method for liver ablation. A chemical screening of over 250 novel compounds with unknown cellular targets and 75 compounds with stem cell targets was performed in order to identify some promising promoters of regeneration. Acetaminophen was found to successfully destroy the liver tissue of developing embryos, demonstrating its usefulness as a method of ablation in order to study regeneration. The chemical screening revealed several novel compounds and cell signalling pathways that show promise for successfully promoting liver regeneration.
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2013-12-12
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Undergraduate Thesis