Strain information  NBRP Rat No: 0634  Strain name: WMS/SimNcp  Commmon Name: Munich Wistar Rat Genome Database Principal Investigator:  Tetsuo Morioka  Institute of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University        1-757 Asahimachi-dori    951-8510 Niigata     Japan Tel: 025-227-2157     Fax: 025-227-0769 Email: morioka@med.niigata-u.ac.jp Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals Coat Color  白 Inbred Generations  不明 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 腎生理学・腎病理学  Control Strain  Marker Strain Gene Affected Origin WMS was transferred at Nigata University from simonsen Laboratory in 2005. Strain characteristics WMS has superficial glomeruli and prominant elongated renal papilla. Breeding Conditions Genotyping References Intergiomerular heterogeneity of filtration fraction among superficial nephrons: Fact or artifact HUGHES M. L., ICHIKAWA I. Kidney International,Vol.29(1986),p.814?819 Real time observation of hemodynamic changes in glomerular aneurysms induced by anti-Thy-1 antibody Oyanagi-Tanaka Y., Yao J., Wada Y., Morioka T., Suzuki Y., Gejyo F., Arakawa M., Oite T. Kidney International 59:252-259, 2001 Real-time Observation of Glomerular Hemodynamic Changes in Diabetic Rats: Effects of Insulin and ARB Li B., Yao J., Kawamura K., Oyanagi-Tanaka Y., Hoshiyama M., Morioka T., Gejyo F., Uchiyama M., Oite T. Kidney International 66:1939-1948, 2004 Turbulence of glomerular hemodynamics involved in progressive glomerulosclerosis Kawamura K., Okada S., Li B., Suwa M., Yao J., Morioka T., Gejyo F., Oite T. Kideny International 69:1792-1798, 2006 Local delivery of angiotensin receptor blocker into the kidney amelioreates progression of experimental glomerulonephritis Mahmood J., Khan F., Okada S., Kumagai N., Morioka T., Oite T. Kideny International 70:1591-1598, 2006 Additional strain information