The objective of this study was to determine if the MRL/MpJ mouse is protected from posttraumatic arthritis after intraarticular fractures.
Occurrences of the Florida mouse are protected at Archbold Biological Station, Ocala National Forest, and others.
The mouse is protected on several conservation lands across central Florida.
The super-healer MRL mouse is protected from posttraumatic osteoarthritis as well (Ward et al. 2008).
The pups born to these mice were protected against asthma.
In contrast, the genetically engineered mice were protected from harmful side effects on blood sugar levels.
All immunized mice were protected against challenge with a lethal dose of T. cruzi trypomastigotes.
Conversely, MMP-3-null mice were protected against bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.
We recently showed that matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) knock-out mice were protected against ischemic and traumatic brain injury.
"The PirB-lacking Alzheimer's mice were protected from the beta-amyloid-generating consequences of their mutations," Shatz said.
