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The BALB/c Mouse

Genetics and Immunology

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Michael Potter

    1. Laboratory of Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 122)

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. History of the BALB/c Family

    1. History of the BALB/c Family

      • M. Potter
      Pages 1-5

  3. Genetic Differences in BALB/c Sublines

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Some Unusual Genetic Characteristics of BALB/c and Evidence for Genetic Variation Among BALB/c Substrains

      • T. H. Roderick, S. H. Langley, E. H. Leiter
      Pages 9-18

    3. Genetic Differences in BALB/c Sublines

      • J. Hilgers, R. van Nie, D. Iványi, J. Hilkens, R. Michalides, J. de Moes et al.
      Pages 19-30

    4. A Series of Recombinant Inbred Strains Between the BALB/cHeA and STS/A Mouse Strains

      • J. Hilgers, J. Arends
      Pages 31-37

    5. Characteristics of the wm Substrain of BALB/c Mice

      • W. H. Murphy, G. L. Bolgos
      Pages 38-42

    6. Qa2 Expression in BALB/c Sublines and a BALB/cLAC Tumor

      • M. J. Rogers, G. Galetto, R. Matthai, M. Potter
      Pages 43-49

    7. Studies into the raf and Rif Genes in the Mouse

      • V. Pachnis, A. Belayew, S. M. Tilghman
      Pages 50-52

    8. Genetic Analysis of Alphafetoprotein Levels in BALB/c Sublines

      • E. P. Blankenhorn, J. S. Wax, R. Matthai, M. Potter
      Pages 53-57

    9. The Origin and Meiotic Instability of a Polymorphic Repetitive Sequence PRI Family

      • R. Kominami, M. Muramatsu, K. Sudo, H. Yoshikura, H. Suzuki, K. Moriwaki et al.
      Pages 58-65

    10. Genetic Variation in Catecholamine Responsive Metabolic Pathways — A Hypothesis for a Common Regulatory Mechanism in BALB/c Sublines

      • L. P. Kozak
      Pages 66-70

    11. DNA Hybridization Subtraction: Differences Detected Between BALB/cAnPt and BALB/cJax at the DNA Level

      • K. Huppi, A. von Deimling, J. Mushinski, M. Potter
      Pages 71-77

    12. Differential Susceptibility of BALB/c Sublines to Diabetes Induction by Multi-Dose Streptozotocin Treatment

      • E. H. Leiter
      Pages 78-85

    13. Genetically Contaminated BALB/c Nude Mice

      • E. Gubbels, R. Poort-Keesom, J. Hilgers
      Pages 86-88

    14. The Genetic Stability of Endogenous Type B and C Retroviruses in BALB/c Sublines

      • D. Gallahan, J. Robbins, L. Byrd, R. Callahan
      Pages 89-94

  4. Differences in Response to Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Response of BALB/c Mice to Leishmanial Infection

      • J. M. Blackwell, B. Roberts, J. Alexander
      Pages 97-106

    3. Immunoprophylaxis in BALB/c Mice: A Model for Development of Protection Against Primary and Secondary Infection with Leishmania major

      • B. A. Mock, A. H. Fortier, M. S. Meltzer, C. A. Nacy
      Pages 107-114

    4. Genetic Control of Systemic Leishmania major Infection: Identification of Subline Differences for Susceptibility to Disease

      • B. A. Mock, A. H. Fortier, M. Potter, J. Blackwell, C. A. Nacy
      Pages 115-121
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About this book

The mouse was first used in immunological research by Paul Ehrlich in 1891 in an extraordinary series of experiments on the maternal transfer of antitoxic immunity. A short 22 years later in 1913 Halsey Bagg acquired a stock of albino mice from a commercial dealer and used them in a series of experiments on learning. Because he was interested in the genetics of intelligence, Halsey Bagg began breeding a pedigreed line of these mice that were subsequently named for him - Bagg Albino. Though Halsey Bagg is not credited with initiating the inbred strains of mice, his stock curiously has played an indisputably important role. Bagg Albinos were progenitors of the present day BALB/c family of sublines - the subject of this book. They were also used as one of the parents in the development of inbred strains A, CBA and C3H, three other very famous strains. Today the BALB/c mouse is among the five most widely used inbred strains in biomedical research and a particular favorite in immunology and infectious disease research. The hallmark of the BALB/c response to so many kinds of infections is susceptibility and sometimes an exaggerated susceptibility, but this paradoxically is not associated with immunodeficiency as BALB/c is an excellent responder to immuni­ zation. These characteristics have made the BALB/c mouse a model for identifying genes that determine susceptibility to infectious and neoplastic diseases. In 1985 the laboratory BALB/c mouse became 72 years old. The current filial generations are somewhere around 350 generations [MURPHY].

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory of Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA

    Michael Potter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The BALB/c Mouse

  • Book Subtitle: Genetics and Immunology

  • Editors: Michael Potter

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70740-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-70742-1Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-70740-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-217X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 253

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Allergology, Immunology

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