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JAX® Mice Strains

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Strain Description
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000656 CBA/J
Level 1
CBA/J inbred mice are widely used as a general purpose strain. CBA/J strain is the only CBA substrain that carries the Pde6brd1 mutation, which causes blindness by wean age. CBA/J mice are not histocompatible with the CBA/CaJ (Stock No. 000654) substrain (Green and Kaufer, 1965).

The CBA/J inbred mouse strain is used to study granulomatous experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (G-EAT), are relatively resistant to diet-induced atherosclerosis (Paigen et al. 1990), and develop a mild hearing loss late in life, with most of the hearing loss occurring in the higher frequencies (Sweet et al. 1988). Renal tubulointerstitial lesions have been observed in this strain at a high frequency (Rudofsky 1978). Some CBA/J mice spontaneously develop exocrine pancreatic insufficiency syndrome (Eppig and Leiter 1977, Leiter et al. 1977).

006183 B6.Cg-Col4a5tm1Yseg/J
Repository- Live
Heterozygous females and hemizygous males for the targeted mutation are viable, fertile, normal in size and do not display any gross physical or behavioral abnormalities. Immunofluorescence analysis of kidney tissue from mutant male mice does not detect gene product (protein), but in kidney from mutant female mice a mosaic pattern of gene product (protein) is detected (due to X-inactivation). RNase protection assay analysis of kidney tissue from mutant male mice detects a significantly lower level than wildtype. Hemizygous male and heterozygous female mice develop progressive kidney disease. By 7 weeks of age, 97% of mutant male mice and 78% of heterozygous female mice exhibit proteinuria. Histological analysis of kidneys from mutant male mice at 4 weeks of age reveals thickened capillary walls and mesangial hypercellularity. The pathology progresses to interstitial inflammation, glomerular abnormalities, and focal sclerosis. Electron microscopic examination of glomerular basement memb .....
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