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Selectively Bred Diabetes Models: GK Rats, NSY Mice, and ON Mice.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2020
Nagao Mototsugu, Esguerra Jonathan Lou S, Wendt Anna, Asai Akira, Sugihara Hitoshi, Oikawa Shinichi, Eliasson Lena
Abstract excerpt
The polygenic background of selectively bred diabetes models mimics the etiology of type 2 diabetes. So far, three different rodent models (Goto-Kakizaki rats, Nagoya-Shibata-Yasuda mice, and Oikawa-Nagao mice) have been established in the diabetes research field by continuous selective breeding for glucose tolerance from outbred rodent stocks. The origin of hyperglycemia in these rodents is mainly insulin...
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