Establishment and application of cat models of human diseases
10.3969/j.issn.1005-4847.2018.02.019
- VernacularTitle:人类疾病猫模型的制作与应用
- Author:
Liang WANG
1
;
Junyan FU
;
Zijuan ZHOU
;
Jianyi DONG
;
Changyi LI
;
Jun CHEN
;
Hongwei ZHAN
;
Huiling LI
;
Dapeng CHEN
;
Jingyu WANG
Author Information
1. 大连医科大学实验动物中心
- Keywords:
cat;
human diseases;
animal models;
application
- From:
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica
2018;26(2):248-252
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
At present, the cats play a more and more important role in medical experiments as an experimental animal,especially for the studies of neurology,physiology and toxicology. Compared with rodent animals,the physiological characteristics, anatomical features, pathological and biochemical reactions of cats are closer to human beings, and compared with the primate animals,they have advantages of economy,abundant resources and so on. Therefore,cat has an extensive application prospect in animal models of human diseases. This article mainly reviews and summarizes the establishing method and research status of cats as an animal model of human diseases in ophthalmology, nervous system, tumor and other fields in recent years.
