Golden Syrian Hamster Models for Cancer Research [PDF]
Cells, 2022 The golden Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) has long been a valuable rodent model of human diseases, especially infectious and metabolic diseases. Hamsters have also been valuable models of several chemically induced cancers such as the DMBA-induced
Zhongde Wang, Robert T. Cormier
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A potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralising nanobody shows therapeutic efficacy in the Syrian golden hamster model of COVID-19 [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 remains a global threat to human health particularly as escape mutants emerge. There is an unmet need for effective treatments against COVID-19 for which neutralizing single domain antibodies (nanobodies) have significant potential.
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Dis Model Mech, 2022 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of COVID-19, causes life-threatening disease. This novel coronavirus enters host cells via the respiratory tract, promoting the formation of severe pulmonary lesions and ...
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Ultrasonographic and macroscopic study of pregnancy in golden hamster [PDF]
Laboratory Animal Research, 2022 Background Hamster is widely used as an experimental model in the study of reproductive system. However, pregnancy diagnosis and aging always have been a challenge. ultrasonography have been used in diagnosis of pregnancy in some small laboratory animals,
Mohammad Amin Keshavarz +3 more
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Tissue Distribution of ACE2 Protein in Syrian Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) and Its Possible Implications in SARS-CoV-2 Related Studies. [PDF]
Front Pharmacol, 2020 Recently, the Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) has been demonstrated as a clinically relevant animal model for SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, lack of knowledge about the tissue-specific expression pattern of various proteins in these animals ...
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History and prospects of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and the development of golden hamster ICSI embryos [PDF]
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, 2021 Background Golden (Syrian) hamsters have many advantages for the study of reproductive biology and developmental biology, including a consistent estrous cycle, a stable superovulation response, and a short gestation period.
Nami Morishita +2 more
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Morphological, histological, and histochemical study of the adult golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) spleen [PDF]
Open Veterinary Journal, 2023 Background: The golden hamster is a model of choice for the investigation of many visceral and splenic infections, neoplastic and retrospective lesions. Aim: To study the morphological, histological and histochemical structure of hamsters' spleen.
Ali Ahmed Hasan +2 more
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Anti-COVID-19 efficacy of ivermectin in the golden hamster
bioRxiv, 2020 The devastating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, due to SARS-CoV-2, has caused more than 47 million confirmed cases and more than 1.2 million human deaths around the globe1, and most of the severe cases of COVID-19 in humans are associated ...
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Parasites & Vectors, 2011 The life cycle of Taenia pisiformis includes canines as definitive hosts and rabbits as intermediate hosts. Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is a rodent that has been successfully used as experimental model of Taenia solium taeniosis. In the present
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Dietary-Induced Elevations of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins Promote Atherosclerosis in the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor Knockout Syrian Golden Hamster [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Elevated triglycerides are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Therefore, it is very important to understand the metabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs) and their atherogenic role in animal models.
Xiao Lin +10 more
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