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Initial Characterization of a Rat Model of Diabetic Nephropathy
1 Mar 2004
Abstract excerpt
The lack of an appropriate animal model that spontaneously develops diabetic nephropathy has been a significant limitation in the search for genetic factors underlying this disease and the development of new therapeutic strategies to prevent progressive renal disease in diabetes. We introgressed the mitochondria and some passenger loci from the FHH/EurMcwi rat into the genetic background of diabetic GK rats,...
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