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a hairless mutant laboratory-bred mouse having an immune system deficiency and able to accept grafts of foreign tissue.
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Noun1.nude mouse - a mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials
mouse - any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
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To investigate in vivo survival, we respectively injected Vivo nanofat and nanofat subcutaneously to the back of 8-week-old male BALB/c nude mice.
Basic and Clinical Evidence of an Alternative Method to Produce Vivo Nanofat
We imported 60 nude mice from France because they do not have an immune system.
'Nude' mice imported from France to test cancer drug
Nude mice bearing Bel-7402 were administered intraperitoneally at different doses of dioscin and 5-FU (5-Fluorouracil) treatment was used as a control.
Dioscin suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma tumor growth by inducing apoptosis and regulation of TP53, BAX, BCL2 and cleaved CASP3
The biocompatibility, release kinetics, and potential of MSC-CM loaded biomaterials for bone regeneration will be tested in vitro on cells involved in bone formation (MSC, monocytes, osteoclasts, macrophages, and endothelial cells) and in vivo by implanting the biomaterials in subcutis sites and segmented femoral defects in nude mice.
PARAGEN: Biomaterials with incorporated MSC-secreted PARAcrine molecules for bone reGENeration
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2] in both STZ-treated diabetic nude mice and euglycemic nude mice.
Hyperglycemia Promotes the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Pancreatic Cancer via Hydrogen Peroxide
Twelve male BALB/c nude mice (4 weeks of age) were obtained from the Shanghai Laboratory Animal Research Center (Shanghai, China) and housed in the mouse barrier facility of the Institute for Nutritional Sciences, SIBS CAS.
Effects of benzo[a]pyrene exposure on human hepatocellular carcinoma cell angiogenesis, metastasis, and NF-[kappa]B signaling
Our findings warrant further investigation with a larger cohort of nude mice or possibly human subjects.
Survival characteristics of injected human cartilage slurry in a nude mouse model: a preliminary study
This overall attack rate is consistent with previous outbreaks of LCMV in hamsters and nude mice at research facilities (10,12,13).
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in employees and mice at multipremises feeder-rodent operation, United States, 2012
IMPLICATIONS: Further investigations are warranted to determine the following: 1) the role of galectin-3 in normal and cancerous prostate tissues and 2) the ability of modified citrus pectin to inhibit human prostate metastasis in nude mice.
Inhibition of spontaneous metastasis in a rat prostate cancer model by oral administration of modified citrus pectin
Previous studies have showed that laminar flow cabinet in common laboratory animal facility can provide a local SPF condition and can be successfully used to breed nude mice (Li et al.
Development of gut microbiota in a mouse model of ovalbumin-induced allergic diarrhea under sub-barrier system
To establish a brain metastasis melanoma variant, the investigators first injected WM239 melanoma cells into the subcutaneous space of nude mice and then allowed the tumors to develop before surgically removing them.
The biology of brain metastasis

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