疾病
肾脏疾病
表型
生物
遗传变异
近交系
遗传学
选择(遗传算法)
肾
人类遗传变异
遗传多样性
生物信息学
进化生物学
医学
病理
基因
人口
基因组
人类基因组
内分泌学
环境卫生
人工智能
计算机科学
作者
Rei Bufi,Ron Korstanje
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.kint.2022.03.020
摘要
The mouse is the most commonly used mammalian model to study disease, including kidney disease. However, close attention needs to be paid to the differences and effects of genetic background. The default choice of most investigators is to use C57BL/6 mice, but not all C57BL/6 mice are the same. Ever since the C57BL/6 line was first established, differences in the genetic background have risen between substrains, which have major implications in the phenotypes expressed in kidney disease. Furthermore, considering that C57BL/6 substrains are relatively resistant to kidney damage, there can be major benefits in selecting other mouse inbred strains when studying kidney disease. These strains can show more similar responses regarding kidney damage as in humans, and results may therefore translate better to human application. Genetically diverse mice, such as the Diversity Outbred mice, allow investigators to study kidney phenotypes with comparable levels of genetic diversity as seen in humans, which yield results that more closely reflect the variation in human disease outcomes due to genetic variation. Hence, embracing the genetic diversity that is present in mice can lead to better translational research methods. Investigators need to always take into consideration that genetic background is a variable that can alter results significantly, and optimization of translational research asks for careful strain selection and more rigorous reporting of the genetic background that is being used in experiment.
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