Transgenic nonhuman primate models for human diseases: approaches and contributing factors |
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| Authors: | Yongchang Chen Yuyu Niu Weizhi Ji |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Kunming 650500, China ;Kunming Institute of Zoology. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
2. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Kunming 650500, China;Kunming Biomed Internationat and National Engineering Research Center of Biomedicine and Animal Science, Kunming 650500, China |
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| Abstract: | Nonhuman primates (NHPs) provide powerful experimental models to study human development, cognitive functions and disturbances as well as complex behavior, because of their genetic and physiological similarities to humans. Therefore, NHPs are appropriate models for the study of human diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases, which occur as a result of genetic mutations. However, such diseases afflicting humans do not occur naturally in NHPs. So transgenic NHPs need to be established to understand the etiology of disease pathology and pathogenesis. Compared to rodent genetic models, the generation of transgenic NHPs for human diseases is inefficient, and only a transgenic monkey model for Huntington's disease has been reported. This review focuses on potential approaches and contributing factors for generating transgenic NHPs to study human diseases. |
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| Keywords: | Nonhuman primates Disease model Transgenesis |
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