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Histological Analyses of Acute Alcoholic Liver Injury in Zebrafish
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2017
This protocol describes histological analyses of the livers from zebrafish larvae that have been treated with 2% ethanol for 24 h. Such acute ethanol treatment results in hepatic steatosis and swelling of the hepatic vasculature.
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Ischemia-reperfusion Model of Acute Kidney Injury and Post Injury Fibrosis in Mice
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2013
We describe models of moderate and severe ischemia-reperfusion-induced kidney injury in which the mice undergo unilateral renal pedicle clamping followed by simultaneous or delayed contralateral nephrectomy, respectively. These models consistently give rise to renal dysfunction and post-injury fibrosis, but injury severity and survival are dependent on mouse background, age and surgical equipment.
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The Murine Choline-Deficient, Ethionine-Supplemented (CDE) Diet Model of Chronic Liver Injury
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2017
Here we describe a common method to induce chronic liver injury in mice by feeding of a choline-deficient and ethionine-supplemented (CDE) diet. We demonstrate health monitoring, liver perfusion, isolation, and preservation. A time course of six weeks can inform about liver injury, pathohistology, fibrosis, inflammatory, and liver progenitor cell responses.
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Nephrotoxin Microinjection in Zebrafish to Model Acute Kidney Injury
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2016
Renal injuries incurred from nephrotoxins, which include drugs ranging from antibiotics to chemotherapeutics, can result in complex disorders whose pathogenesis remains incompletely understood. This protocol demonstrates how zebrafish can be used for disease modeling of these conditions, which can be applied to the identification of renoprotective measures.
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Non-Invasive Endotracheal Administration of Lipopolysaccharide to Induce Acute Lung Injury in Rodents
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2025
In this study, a non-invasive endotracheal instillation technique is demonstrated to develop ALI in rats using a basic laryngoscope to ensure precise LPS delivery to the lungs. The LPS is instilled via an endotracheal tube using a laryngoscope. The magnitude of lung injury is evaluated at multiple time points.
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Acute liver injury can arise through several biologically distinct stresses: direct chemical damage to hepatocytes, inadequate oxygen delivery from reduced blood flow, immune-mediated attack, or viral infection. Distinguishing these initiating contexts matters because each points to a different cellular pathway of hepatotoxicity and offers a different explanation for how liver-cell dysfunction and death develop.
The appearance of liver-cell enzymes in blood provides evidence that hepatocytes have been damaged. Enzyme release accompanies loss of normal metabolic and detoxification activities, linking a cellular event to measurable changes beyond the injured cells. In biology, examining this release helps connect the underlying cellular disturbance with its functional consequences for the liver.
Progression occurs when the initial damage becomes severe enough to disrupt essential liver functions. The consequences can include impaired coagulation and altered brain function, indicating that the injury has extended beyond localized hepatocyte damage. This distinction is important because acute liver failure represents a more serious outcome than an isolated disturbance in liver-cell activity.
The liver’s regenerative response can influence whether function returns after acute damage. Studying this response helps biologists examine how surviving liver tissue contributes to recovery following hepatocyte loss. Regeneration is therefore relevant not only to the outcome of an injury, but also to understanding why some biological responses support restoration while severe damage may continue progressing.
Biologists examine acute liver injury to connect initiating stresses with hepatocyte damage, enzyme release, cell death, and disrupted liver functions. This approach supports investigation of the cellular pathways through which toxic or inflammatory processes affect the liver. The resulting knowledge can clarify how hepatotoxicity develops and identify biological points that may be relevant to treatment evaluation.
Research on acute liver injury helps evaluate whether drugs can produce harmful chemical stress in hepatocytes and supports efforts to improve drug safety testing. It also provides a biological context for assessing potential treatments against liver damage. Together, these applications connect cellular findings with practical decisions about safer compounds and strategies for managing injury.