Progress in research on the susceptibility of tuberculosis / 中国比较医学杂志

Tuberculosis(TB),a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB), is the outcome of the interaction between polygenes and environmental factors,which has been shown in lots of genetic studies. In recent years,the research of TB susceptibility genes and their single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP)loci has become a hot topic,but genes and SNPs exactly associated with TB susceptibility are rarely reported. What's more,some susceptibility genes are different among races, populations and geographical distributions, resulting in inconsistency, or even contrary conclusions drawn from local studies of different populations or areas. In order to obtain susceptibility genes that are widely applicable and exactly associated with TB,it is necessary to screen the genes preliminarily in the laboratory animals with gene diversity, and thereafter, verify those genes in animals or humans. The Collabrative Cross(CC)mice have the advantages of diverse and clear genetic background,which can provide a new tool for the research of TB susceptibility. This review summarizes the advances in the studies of TB susceptibility genes and their SNPs, and looking forward to the application of CC mice in these studies and its significance.

The Collaborative Cross mice resource information and application / 中国比较医学杂志

Collaborative Cross mice ( CC mice) are series of inbred mice strains generated from hybrid strains of mice with different genetic background which used for human complex diseases and genetic diversity diseases studies. Genetic diversity of CC mice can reflect different mouse subspecies, the single nucleotide polymorphism is four times than traditional inbred mice. CC mice are more and more widely used in the field of life science and medical research. Based on information retrieval of CC mice, we introduced the related information resources of CC mice origin, database, application tools, and research results, to promote CC mice resources to be used widely in China.

Application and Research Progress of Collaborative Cross mice in Infectious Disease Area / 中国比较医学杂志

Animal model plays an important role in prevention and control of infectious disease, which could link basic research in laboratory with clinical diagnosis and treatment for human patients.Mouse is the most widely used animal model of infectious disease, however, adult immunocompetent mice are resistant to some pathogens.The highly genetically diverse Collaborative Cross (CC) mice could recapitulate many of the genetic characteristics of an outbred population, such as humans.Based on this, this review will focus on the application and research progress of CC mice in infectious disease (including viruses, bacteria, fungi etc.), which could provide useful reference data for expansion of animal model resource bank, and implement of precision medicine of major and new emerging infectious diseases.We hope this review could serve as a modest spur to induce other researchers to come forward with their valuable contributions.