Inbred Strains
of Rats: DEBR
Inbr. >F15.
Colour: Hooded.
Genet. ?
Origin: Dr. Roy F. Oliver, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of
Dundee. A possible animal model for human alopecia areata, with hair loss
associated with marked peri-and intra-bulbar lymphocytic infiltrate (Michie et al 1991,
Sainsbury et al, 1991, Oliver et al, 1991).
Michie
hj, Jahoda C. A. B., Oliver R. F., and Johnson B. E. (1991) The DEBR rat-
an animal model of human alopecia areata. Brit. J. Dermatol.
125, 94-100.
\par
Oliver
R. F., Jahoda C. A. B., Horne K. A., Michie H. J., Poulton T., and Johnson
B. E. (1991) The DEBR rat model for alopecia-areata. J. Invest. Dermatol.
96, S97.
\par
Sainsbury
T. S. L., Duncan J. I., Whiting P. H., Hewick D. S., Johnson B. E., Thomson
A. W., and Oliver R. F. (1991) Differential effects of FK-506 and cyclosporine
on hair regrowth in the DEBR model of alopecia-areata. Transplant.
Proc. 23, 3332-3334.
\par
INBRED STRAINS OF RATS
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
Analysis Tools