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Rebecca James

Purdue University West Lafayette

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Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:zebrafish· 2

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Zebrafish Functional Screening of FDA-Approved Drugs for Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa Caused by RHODOPSIN Q344X Mutation

Beichen Wang, Logan C. Ganzen, Emre Coskun, Rebecca James, Truc Kha, Xiaoguang Zhu, Jillian A. New, Motokazu Tsujikawa, Yuk Fai Leung

This study screens FDA-approved drugs in a zebrafish model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, identifying four compounds that improve visual behavior by distinct mechanisms.

bioRxiv · May 6, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Drug Screening with Zebrafish Visual Behavior Identifies Carvedilol as a Potential Treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Logan C. Ganzen, Mee Jung Ko, Mengrui Zhang, Rui Xie, Yongkai Chen, Liyun Zhang, Rebecca James, Jeff S. Mumm, Richard M. van Rijn, Wenxuan Zhong, Chi Pui Pang, Mingzhi Zhang, Motokazu Tsujikawa, Yuk Fai Leung

This study screens drugs using zebrafish visual behavior to identify carvedilol as a potential treatment for retinitis pigmentosa.

Scientific Reports · Jun 1, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience