Publication number: 20080305106
Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising disruptions in PRO256, PRO34421, PRO334, PRO770, PRO983, PRO1009, PRO1107, PRO1158, PRO1250, PRO1317, PRO4334, PRO4395, PRO49192, PRO9799, PRO21175, PRO19837, PRO21331, PRO23949, PRO697 or PRO1480 genes. Such in vivo studies and characterizations may provide valuable identification and discovery of therapeutics and/or treatments useful in the prevention, amelioration or correction of diseases or dysfunctions associated with gene disruptions such as neurological disorders; cardiovascular, endothelial or angiogenic disorders; eye abnormalities; immunological disorders; oncological disorders; bone metabolic abnormalities or disorders; lipid metabolic disorders; or developmental abnormalities.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 12, 2005
Publication date:
December 11, 2008
Inventors:
Jane Brennan, Frederic J. de Sauvage, Ellen Filvaroff, Iqbal Grewal, Bryan Irving, Jagath Reddy Junutula, Daniel Kirchhofer, Franklin Peale, Heide Phillips, Tracy Tang, Dineli Wickramasinghe, Weilan Ye