Systematic Evaluation of the Skin and Adnexa in Mutant Laboratory Mice.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2014

JAX Location

Reprint Collection

JAX Source

Curr Protoc Mouse Biol 2014 Sep; 4:105-119.

Volume

4

First Page

105

Last Page

119

ISSN

2161-2617

PMID

25554736

Abstract

The skin and its adnexa, hair and nails, are one of the easiest organ systems to evaluate as it is the most accessible. However, mice are small, have lots of very fine hair of multiple types, and while major abnormalities are obvious, subtle ones, or the basis for these defects can be difficult to define. To assist in outlining basic approaches to evaluating mice clinically as well as microscopically with the help of a pathologist, methods are provided here that are used routinely in many laboratories. The mouse is a very useful mammalian model system for studying normal and abnormal (disease) development and there is a high degree of correlation with not only human biology and medicine but that of most other mammalian species. Utilizing basic approaches standardizes analysis and provides quality samples for analysis. Curr Protoc Mouse Biol 2014 Sep; 4:105-119.

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