Strain information
 NBRP Rat No: 0027  Strain name: KND/Tky  Commmon Name: KND, Komeda non-diabetic rat Rat Genome Database
Principal Investigator:  Eiichi Kawamoto  Tokyo Medical University       6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,    160-8402 Tokyo     JAPAN
Tel: 03-3351-6141    Fax: 03-3350-8689 Email: kawamoto@tokyo-med.ac.jp
Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals ../images/Photos/ ../images/Photos/
Coat Color  black hooded (a,B,C,h)
Inbred Generations  F23+39
Usage Restrictions  
Genetic Status
 Inbred  Segregating  Congenic  Consomic  Recombinant
 Coisogenic  Spont. Mutant  Transgene  Ind. Mutant  Category Other 
Comercial Availability Japan SLC,Inc.
Research Category
 Diabetes Obesity  Neurobiology  Ophthalmology  Dentistry  Cardio Hypertension
 Cancer  Metabolism  Otorhinology  Immunology  Infectious
 Osteosis  Internal Organ  Dermatology  Reproduction  Development
 Behavior  Hematology  Urology  Pharmacology  Research Area Others 
 Control Strain  Marker Strain
Gene Affected
Origin Komeda diabetes-prone rat developed by Komeda from Long-Evans Tokushima Lean (LETL) rat at Tokyo Medical College in 1996. Komeda non Diabetic Rats were established simultaneusely as controls.
Strain characteristics Control strain for KDP rat (NBRP No.0026).
Breeding Conditions Sib mating.
Genotyping
References Yokoi N, Komeda K, Wang HY, Yano H, Kitada K, Saitoh Y, Seino Y, Yasuda K, Serikawa T, Seino S.
Cblb is a major susceptibility gene for rat type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Nat Genet. 31(4):391-4, 2002

Komeda K, Noda M, Terao K, Kuzuya N, Kanazawa M, Kanazawa Y.
Establishment of two substrains, diabetes-prone and non-diabetic, from Long-Evans Tokushima Lean (LETL) rats.
Endocr J. 45(6):737-44, 1998
Additional strain information KND