Transgenic animals with increased slow-twitch muscle fibers...

Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Nonhuman animal – Transgenic nonhuman animal

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C800S003000, C800S008000, C800S009000, C800S014000, C800S021000, C800S024000, C800S025000, C435S069100, C435S320100, C435S325000, C435S455000

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ABSTRACT:
Transgenic non-human mammals over-expressing MHCI in skeletal muscle are provided herein, as are methods of using these transgenic non-human mammals for screening candidate compounds for treating type 2 diabetes, and methods for altering the ratio of MHCI to MHCII in a subject.

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