Services – Animal Model

  • Specializing in the preclinical assessment of fibrotic diseases
  • Enhancing translatability through clinically relevant models and outcomes
  • Led by physician-scientists

Alport Syndrome

Col4a3 knockout mouse
a model of human Alport syndrome and CKD in general with progressively declining GFR

Heart failure:
HFrEF & HFpEF

CKD associated heart failure, LAD ligation, TAC, PAB. Emphasis on cardiac function as well as structure

Primary (autoimmune) cholangitis

DDC-included cholangitis

Interstitial lung diseases

Bleomycin lung disease
Lung function by O2 saturation, lung mechanics
aeration by micro-CT scanning

Scleroderma

Bleomycin skin model