Publication Date:
1979-08-10
Description:
An analbuminemic colony was established from Sprague-Dawley rats. Analbuminemia was inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The rates of growth and reproduction of the mutant rats were no different from those of normal rats. Biochemically, the mutant was characterized by an extraordinarily low serum albumin content and a hyperlipidemia. Total serum protein in the mutant rat was similar to that of control Sprague-Dawley rats, with increased globulin. Serum cholesterol was inversely correlated with a decrease in albumin; the correlation coefficient for ablumin was --.92. These mutant rats may serve as a model of human familial analbuminemia and may also be useful in elucidating the functional roles of albumin.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nagase, S -- Shimamune, K -- Shumiya, S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Aug 10;205(4406):590-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/451621" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Chromosome Aberrations/*blood
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Chromosome Disorders
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Crosses, Genetic
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Female
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Immunoelectrophoresis
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Male
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Mutation
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Rats/*genetics
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Serum Albumin/*deficiency
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Serum Globulins/analysis
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
