title: A review of rodent models of peritoneal dialysis and its complications.
abstract: This article reviews the available rodent models of peritoneal dialysis (PD) that have been developed over the past 20 years and the complications associated with their use. Although there are several methods used in different studies, the focus of this article is not to review or provide detailed summaries of these methods. Rather, this article reviews the most common methods of establishing a dialysis model in rodents, the assays used to observe function of the peritoneum in dialysis, and how these models are adapted to study peritonitis and peritoneal fibrosis. We compared the advantages and disadvantages of different methods, which should be helpful in studies of PD and may provide valuable data for further clinical studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Ziqiang Street 218, Nanguan District, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shujun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hongyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Sijin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yingying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yangwei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lining
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D051379:Mice; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D056627:Peritoneal Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D051381:Rats