Kazu Kikuchi

This study optimizes breeding conditions for Danionella cerebrum to enhance egg production and collection efficiency.

This study identifies Scleraxis a as a key regulator of epicardial progenitor differentiation into a unique cardiac perivascular cell type in zebrafish, revealing a hypoxia-responsive pathway involved in coronary vessel development.

The paper compares muscle growth dynamics across teleost fish species, identifying spatial hyperplastic patterning and stem cell gene expression as key factors in growth differences.

This study identifies HOPX as a molecular switch regulating cardiomyocyte progenitor and maturation gene programs, linking it to cardiac function and genetic variation.

This study investigates the role of zebrafish hmox1a and hmox1b in development and macrophage migration, finding that hmox1a has a conserved function similar to mammalian Heme oxygenase 1.

The paper characterizes motile ciliated cells in zebrafish brain ventricles, showing their developmental origins, functional roles in CSF flow, and impact on ventricular morphology.

This paper uses a zebrafish model to study the in vivo effects of human A20 variants, showing that specific mutations impact A20 function and disease relevance.