Article
Variable phenotypic expressivity in inbred retinal degeneration mouse lines: A comparative study of C3H/HeOu and FVB/N rd1 mice.
Molecular vision - 1 Jan 2015
van Wyk Michiel, Schneider Sabine, Kleinlogel Sonja
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Recent advances in optogenetics and gene therapy have led to promising new treatment strategies for blindness caused by retinal photoreceptor loss. Preclinical studies often rely on the retinal degeneration 1 (rd1 or Pde6b(rd1)) retinitis pigmentosa (RP) mouse model. The rd1 founder mutation is present in more than 100 actively used mouse lines. Since secondary genetic traits are well-known to modify the...
Topics
- Animals
- Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 6
- Disease Progression
- Electroretinography
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Congenic
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred Strains
