Using Guinea Pigs in Studies Relevant to Asthma and COPD

Overview

Journal Pulm Pharmacol Ther

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2008 May 9

PMID 18462968

Citations 45

Authors

Brendan J Canning

Yangling Chou

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Abstract

The guinea pig has been the most commonly used small animal species in preclinical studies related to asthma and COPD. The primary advantages of the guinea pig are the similar potencies and efficacies of agonists and antagonists in human and guinea pig airways and the many similarities in physiological processes, especially airway autonomic control and the response to allergen. The primary disadvantages to using guinea pigs are the lack of transgenic methods, limited numbers of guinea pig strains for comparative studies and a prominent axon reflex that is unlikely to be present in human airways. These attributes and various models developed in guinea pigs are discussed.

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