Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which originated in Wuhan,
China, in 2019, is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. It is now accepted that the wild …

Enterobacteriaceae are a large family of Gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria.
Although many species exist as part of the natural flora of animals including humans, some …

Bipolar disorder is one of the most common and devastating psychiatric disorders whose
mechanisms remain largely unknown. Despite a strong genetic contribution demonstrated by …

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of heterogeneous, rare diseases affecting the
connective tissues. The main clinical signs of EDS are skin hyperextensibility, joint hypermobility…

Background Susceptibility to infection is in part genetically driven, and C57BL/6 mice resist
various pathogens through the proinflammatory response of their M1 macrophages (MPs). …

Ichthyoses represent a heterogeneous group of hereditary cornification disorders characterized
by generalized scaling of the skin. An autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis ( ARCI …

Laryngeal paralysis (LP) is the inability to abduct the arytenoid cartilages during inspiration,
resulting in a partial to complete airway obstruction and consequent respiratory distress. …

We have previously described SEG/Pas as the first mouse inbred strain able to survive
subcutaneous injection of virulent Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, and we identified Yprl1, …

Cutaneous mast cell tumors are rarely reported in cattle. Although mutations in the c‐KIT gene
have been shown to play a central role in the oncogenesis of canine mast cell tumors, few …

The proceedings of a recent meeting on alopecia areata (AA)(Bertolini et al., 2012) summarized
work using the surgically induced C3H/HeJ mouse model for AA (McElwee et al., 1998), …