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 NBRP Rat No: 0180 Strain NameF344.Cg-Leprfa(D14Rat23-D14Rat12)/Tj Commmon Name: F.ZF/O-<i>lepr,Nidd2/of</i>
 Principal Investigator  Kozo Matsumoto
 Organization   The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Medicine Institute of Health Biosciences, Division of Animal Research Resources
 Address  3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho

770-8503 Tokushima

 JAPAN
 Telephone  088-633-9278  Fax:  088-600-9429  kozo@anex.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
 Inbred Generations   N(5)F5 
   
 Coat Color
 Deposition Status
 
 
  Embryo      Sperm      Live Animals
 Usage Restrictions   
 Genetic Status   Inbred   Segregating   Congenic   Consomic    Recombinant 
  Coisogenic   Spont. Mutant    Transgene   Ind. Mutant    Others 
 Comercial Availability   
 Research Category   Diabetes Obesity    Neurobiology    Ophthalmology    Dentistry    Cardio- Hypertension 
  Oncology   Metabolism   Otorhinology    Immunology    Infectious Disease
  Osteology    Internal Medicine   Dermatology   Reproduction    Development
  Behavior    Hematology    Urology   Pharmacology   Others 
  Control Strains   Reporter gene Strains  
 Gene
 Origin Established as speed congenics (5 generations, microsatellite marker) at the University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Institute for Animal Experimentation in 2002. Afterwards, maintained by sib mating. 
 Strain Characteristics Obesity. Show hyperglycemia in the OGTT assay. 
 Breeding Conditions Good breeding performance. 
 Genotyping  
 References  Kose H, Yamada T, Matsumoto K.
Single Diabetic QTL Derived from OLETF Rat Is a Sufficient Agent for Severe Diabetic Phenotype in Combination with Leptin-Signaling Deficiency.
Exp Diabetes Res. 2012;2012:858121.Epub 2012 Dec 5.