Strain information
 NBRP Rat No: 0258  Strain name: WKY/Hcm  Commmon Name: Rat Genome Database
Principal Investigator:  Mitsumasa Ohyanagi  Hyogo College of Medicine       1-1, Mukogawacho, Nishinomiya    663-8501 Hyogo     Japan
Tel: 0798-45-6553    Fax: 0798-45-6551 Email: ohyanagi@hyo-med.ac.jp
Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals ../images/Photos/WKY_Hcm/1381a1024.jpg ../images/Photos/WKY_Hcm/1381z1024.jpg
Coat Color  albino (c)
Inbred Generations  F?+12 (May 2008)
Usage Restrictions  
Genetic Status
 Inbred  Segregating  Congenic  Consomic  Recombinant
 Coisogenic  Spont. Mutant  Transgene  Ind. Mutant  Category Other 
Comercial Availability
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 This strain was provided by Okamoto of Kinki University, Osaka.
Strain characteristics
Breeding Conditions
Genotyping
References Masutani M, Ohyanagi M, Shibuya J, Ishigami Y, Iwasaki T.
A decrease in the amount and function of inhibitory GTP-binding protein in the resistance small artery from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Jpn J Pharmacol. 1999 Feb;79(2):185-93.
Additional strain information WKY Wistar