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The Tree Shrew as a Model for Cancer Research [PDF]
Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 Animal disease models are necessary in medical research, and an appropriate animal model is of great importance for studies about the prevention or treatment of cancer.
Tao Lu +6 more
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Nerve growth factor promotes in vitro proliferation of neural stem cells from tree shrews
Neural Regeneration Research, 2016 Neural stem cells promote neuronal regeneration and repair of brain tissue after injury, but have limited resources and proliferative ability in vivo.
Liu-lin Xiong +2 more
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Response of the gut microbiota during the Clostridioides difficile infection in tree shrews mimics those in humans [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2020 Background Clostridioides difficile is a major cause of antibiotic associated diarrhea. Several animal models are used to study C. difficile infection (CDI). The tree shrew has recently been developed as a model of primate processes. C.
Wenpeng Gu +12 more
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Washed Microbiota Transplantation Accelerates the Recovery of Abnormal Changes by Light-Induced Stress in Tree Shrews [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 The gut and brain interact constantly in a complex fashion. Its intricacy and intrigue is progressively being revealed in the study of the “gut–brain axis”.
Jing Wang +14 more
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CXC chemokine CXCL12 and its receptor CXCR4 in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri): structure, expression and function. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Chemokines are small secreted proteins functionally involved in the immune system's regulation of lymphocyte migration across numerous mammalian species.
Guiyuan Chen +8 more
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Virology Journal, 2012 Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection continues to be an escalating global health problem. Feasible and effective animal models for HBV infection are the prerequisite for developing novel therapies for this disease.
Wang Qi +15 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Proteus spp. are commensal gastrointestinal bacteria in many hosts, but information regarding the mutual relationships between these bacteria and their hosts is limited.
Wenpeng Gu +10 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Novelty preference is pervasive in mammalian species, and describes an inherent tendency to preferentially explore novelty. The novel location memory task studied here assesses the ability of animals to form accurate memories of a spatial configuration,
Jayakrishnan H R Nair +8 more
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Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2016 Tree shrews, a species phylogenetically close to primates, are regarded as a suitable and naturalistic animal model for depression studies. However, psychological symptoms that are essential for depression diagnosis and treatment, such as helplessness ...
Xiaolu Meng, Fang Shen, Chunlu Li
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Pulmonary histiocytosis in tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri)
Laboratory animal science, 1997 Granulomatous lesions similar to those of pulmonary histiocytosis in rats developed spontaneously in the lungs of captive tree shrews. Incidence peaked in 3-year-old tree shrews.
Brack, M. +4 more
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