Rabbit models for the study of human atherosclerosis: from pathophysiological mechanisms to translational medicine

J Fan, S Kitajima, T Watanabe, J Xu, J Zhang… - Pharmacology & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Laboratory animal models play an important role in the study of human diseases. Using
appropriate animals is critical not only for basic research but also for the development of …

Animal models in epilepsy research: legacies and new directions

BP Grone, SC Baraban - Nature neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Human epilepsies encompass a wide variety of clinical, behavioral and electrical
manifestations. Correspondingly, studies of this disease in nonhuman animals have brought …

Models matter: the search for an effective Staphylococcus aureus vaccine

W Salgado-Pabón, PM Schlievert - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
Staphylococcus aureus is a highly successful bacterial pathogen owing to its abundance of
cell surface and secreted virulence factors. It is estimated that 30% of the population is …

[PDF][PDF] Rabbit as a reproductive model for human health

B Fischer, P Chavatte-Palmer, C Viebahn… - …, 2012 - researchgate.net
The renaissance of the laboratory rabbit as a reproductive model for human health is closely
related to the growing evidence of periconceptional metabolic programming and its …

[图书][B] Lagomorphs: pikas, rabbits, and hares of the world

AT Smith, CH Johnston, PC Alves, K Hackländer - 2018 - books.google.com
The definitive guide to all lagomorphs—pikas, rabbits, and hares. Numbering 92 species
worldwide, members of the order Lagomorpha are familiar to people throughout the world …

Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome: superantigen-mediated enhancement of endotoxin shock and adaptive immune suppression

K Kulhankova, J King, W Salgado-Pabón - Immunologic research, 2014 - Springer
Infectious diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus present a significant clinical and
public health problem. S. aureus causes some of the most severe hospital-associated and …

Sexual dimorphism of the feto-placental phenotype in response to a high fat and control maternal diets in a rabbit model

A Tarrade, D Rousseau-Ralliard, MC Aubrière… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Maternal environment during early developmental stages plays a seminal role in the
establishment of adult phenotype. Using a rabbit model, we previously showed that feeding …

Rabbit models for studying human infectious diseases

X Peng, JA Knouse, KM Hernon - Comparative medicine, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Using an appropriate animal model is crucial for mimicking human disease conditions, and
various facets including genetics, anatomy, and pathophysiology should be considered …

[PDF][PDF] Beyond the mouse: Non-rodent animal models for study of early mammalian development and biomedical research

ZE Madeja, P Pawlak, A Piliszek - International Journal of …, 2019 - scholar.archive.org
The preimplantation development of mammals generally follows the same plan. It starts with
the formation of a totipotent zygote, and through consecutive cleavage divisions and …

[HTML][HTML] Induced pluripotent stem cells: mechanisms, achievements and perspectives in farm animals

D Kumar, TR Talluri, T Anand… - World journal of stem cells, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pluripotent stem cells are unspecialized cells with unlimited self-renewal, and they can be
triggered to differentiate into desired specialized cell types. These features provide the basis …