Organisms

Inbred OLETF Rats

An inbred strain of Long-Evans rats that develops hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and mild obesity, mostly in males, that resembles non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. It was developed from outbred Long-Evans stock in 1983.

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An inbred strain of Long-Evans rats that develops hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and mild obesity, mostly in males, that resembles non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. It was developed from outbred Long-Evans stock in 1983.

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  • Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty Rats
  • Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Rats
  • Rats, Inbred OLETF
  • Rats, OLETF
  • Fatty Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima
  • Inbred OLETF Rat
  • OLETF Rat
  • OLETF Rat, Inbred
  • OLETF Rats
  • OLETF Rats, Inbred
  • Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Fatty Rats
  • Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Rats
  • Rat, Inbred OLETF
  • Rat, OLETF
  • Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima
  • Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal; a model for DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2 not DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL

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1999

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  • Rats (1993-1998)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Inbred OLETF Rats. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020334. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020334
  2. Inbred OLETF Rats. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69385571