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2015 Guidelines for Establishing Genetically Modified Rat Models for Cardiovascular Research.
Journal of cardiovascular translational research - 1 Jun 2015
Flister Michael J, Prokop Jeremy W, Lazar Jozef, Shimoyama Mary, Dwinell Melinda, Geurts Aron
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The rat has long been a key physiological model for cardiovascular research, most of the inbred strains having been previously selected for susceptibility or resistance to various cardiovascular diseases (CVD). These CVD rat models offer a physiologically relevant background on which candidates of human CVD can be tested in a more clinically translatable experimental setting. However, a diverse toolbox for...
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