title: Translating experimental diabetic nephropathy studies from mice to men.
abstract: The laboratory mouse is among the best characterized and flexible experimental platforms available for the study of diabetic nephropathy (DN). However, studies of progressive kidney disease in mice have underscored several important technical considerations for accurate phenotyping of renal function. Most mouse models of DN fail to exhibit progressive kidney disease. However, a few models have proved particularly useful. Despite the utility of these models, whether they can accurately predict clinical benefit of therapeutics in human DN remains to be established.
authors.affiliation: Lead Generation Biology, Biotechnology Discovery Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, Ind., USA.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Breyer
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice