Towards precision medicine for hypertension: a review of genomic, epigenomic, and microbiomic effects on blood pressure in experimental rat models and humans [PDF]
Compelling evidence for the inherited nature of essential hypertension has led to extensive research in rats and humans. Rats have served as the primary model for research on the genetics of hypertension resulting in identification of genomic regions ...
Allbutt TC +34 more
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Genetic control of differential acetylation in diabetic rats.
Post-translational protein modifications such as acetylation have significant regulatory roles in metabolic processes, but their relationship to both variation in gene expression and DNA sequence is unclear. We address this question in the Goto-Kakizaki (
Pamela J Kaisaki +11 more
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To test the impact of genetic heterogeneity on cis- and trans-mediated mechanisms of gene expression regulation, we profiled the transcriptome of adipose tissue in 20 inbred congenic strains derived from diabetic Goto–Kakizaki (GK) rats and Brown–Norway (
Pamela J. Kaisaki +12 more
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Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation induced gene regulation for modulation of noradrenaline level in brain regions of rats: Implications with chronic sleep-loss associated pathophysiological conditions. [PDF]
Proposed mechanism for transcriptional regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), dopamine β hydroxylase (DBH) and monoamine oxidase‐A (MAO‐A) genes during rapid eye movement sleep (REMS) or its loss. Increased histone acetylation and decreased histone methylation of TH and DBH gene favor chromatin opening, increase in gene expressions, increased enzyme ...
Mehta R, Murali R, Mallick BN.
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Genetic background of an individual can drastically influence an organism’s response upon environmental stress and pathological stimulus. Previous studies in inbred rats showed that compared to Brown Norway (BN), Dahl salt-sensitive (SS) rat exerts ...
Lei eMao
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Nociception and conditioned fear in rats: strains matter.
When using rats in pain research, strain-related differences in outcomes of tests for pain and nociception are acknowledged. However, very little is known about the specific characteristics of these strain differences. In this study four phylogenetically
Manon W H Schaap +6 more
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Recent Advances in Genetics of the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat [PDF]
The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is the most widely used animal model of essential hypertension and associated metabolic disturbances. Multiple quantitative trait loci associated with hemodynamic and metabolic parameters have been mapped in the ...
Michal Pravenec, Theodore W. Kurtz
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Ribonuclease (RNase) Prolongs Survival of Grafts in Experimental Heart Transplantation
BackgroundCell damage, tissue and vascular injury are associated with the exposure and release of intracellular components such as RNA, which promote inflammatory reactions and thrombosis. Based on the counteracting anti‐inflammatory and cardioprotective
Eike Kleinert +15 more
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Rat Strain Ontology: structured controlled vocabulary designed to facilitate access to strain data at RGD [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The Rat Genome Database (RGD) ( http://rgd.mcw.edu/) is the premier site for comprehensive data on the different strains of the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus).
Diane H Munzenmaier +5 more
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Von Willebrand Factor Gene Variants Associate with Herpes simplex Encephalitis.
Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is a rare complication of Herpes simplex virus type-1 infection. It results in severe parenchymal damage in the brain.
Nada Abdelmagid +20 more
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