by | Aug 26, 2020 | Cao, Yu-Qing, Cloud, Megan, Hu, Rong, Zhang, Jintao, Zhang, Zhiyu
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed two methods for treating chronic migraine and post-traumatic headache. Chronic migraine and post-traumatic headache are highly prevalent and debilitating with limited treatment options. Further, for m…
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Miner, Jeffrey
— Mouse line carrying a mutation in Col4a3 backcrossed to 129S1/Sv1mJ strain. The mice show kidney failure at 10-12 weeks of age to enable rapid drug screening.
Publication: A mouse collagen4α4 mutation causing Alport glomerulosclerosis with abnormal collagen α3α4α5(IV) trime…
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Miner, Jeffrey
— Collagen antibodies that bind to the major collagen IV component of the kidney glomerular basement membrance. The antbiodies reaction with mouse, rat, and human chains and were derived using the noncollagenous NCI domains at the COOH-termini in rabbit antiserum to mouse.
Collagen IV alpha3 chain: 353
Collagen IV alpha4 chain: 356
Collagen IV alpha5 chain: 358
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Dougherty, Joseph, Kopp, Nathan
— Dr. Dougherty developed a collection of mouse lines with deletions of Gft2i and Gtfird1 in various combinations. The genes are related to Williams Beuren locus.
Publications:
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Emfinger, Christopher, Nichols, Colin
— Stable zebrafish line that shows calcium signaling within the pancreatic beta cells. The line was generated using the calcium sensing fluorophore gCAMP and integrated using the TOL2 transcription factor.
Publication: Beta-cell excitability and excitability-driven diabetes in adult Zebrafish islets