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Molecular pathology in the obese spontaneous hypertensive Koletsky rat: a model of syndrome X.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 18 Nov 1999
Ernsberger P, Koletsky R J, Friedman J E
Abstract excerpt
The SHROB rat is a unique strain with genetic obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperinsulinemia, renal disease with proteinuria, and genetically determined hypertension, characteristics paralleling human Syndrome X. The obese phenotype results from a single homozygous recessive trait, designated faK, and is allelic with the Zucker fatty trait (fa), but of distinct origin. The faK mutation is a premature stop codon...
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