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Integrin α1/Akita double-knockout mice on a Balb/c background develop advanced features of human diabetic nephropathy.
Kidney international - 1 Jun 2012
Yu Ling, Su Yan, Paueksakon Paisit, Cheng Huifang, Chen Xiwu, Wang Hongtao, Harris Raymond C, Zent Roy, Pozzi Ambra
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Animal models that mimic human diabetic nephropathy are useful to identify key factors in pathogenesis of this disease, as well as the development of new therapies. Several mouse models of diabetes have features of human diabetic nephropathy, yet none of these completely fulfill the Animal Models of Diabetes Complications Consortium criteria and completely reproduce pathological and functional features of the...
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