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ReviewBiological research for nursing2006

From bedside to bench and back again: research issues in animal models of human disease.

Nancy C Tkacs, Hilaire J Thompson

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Review in Biological research for nursing, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Strategies for optimization of hypoglycemia rat models.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2025
    Review
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  9. Animal models and conserved processes.Theoretical biology & medical modelling · 2012
    Article
  10. Animal models of the cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2011
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nancy C TkacsUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Hilaire J Thompson

Funding

BIOBEHAVIORAL NURSING RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32NR007106 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LANDIS, CAROL A · 1999 to 2013
$4.6M
COUNTERREGULATORY FAILURE AND THE ARCUATE NUCLEUSR21DK059754 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI TKACS, NANCY C · 2000 to 2001
$317k
HYPOGLYCEMIA-ASSOCIATED AUTONOMIC FAILURE AND THE BRAINK01DK002899 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI TKACS, NANCY C · 2001 to 2003
$297k
Thermoregulatory Sequela of Traumatic Brain InjuryF31NR007694 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI THOMPSON, HILAIRE J · 2001 to 2002
$60k
NIDCD NIH HHS L30 DC008284NIDDK NIH HHS DK 002899NIDDK NIH HHS DK059754NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK002899NIDDK NIH HHS R21 DK059754NINR NIH HHS F31 NR007694NINR NIH HHS T32 NR007106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To improve outcomes for patients with many serious clinical problems, multifactorial research approaches by nurse scientists, including the use of animal models, are necessary. Animal models serve as analogies for clinical problems seen in humans and must meet certain criteria, including validity and reliability, to be useful in moving research efforts forward. This article describes research considerations in the development of rodent models. As the standard of diabetes care evolves to emphasize intensive insulin therapy, rates of severe hypoglycemia are increasing among patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. A consequence of this change in clinical practice is an increase in rates of two hypoglycemia-related diabetes complications: hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure (HAAF) and resulting hypoglycemia unawareness. Work on an animal model of HAAF is in an early developmental stage, with several labs reporting different approaches to model this complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus. This emerging model serves as an example illustrating how evaluation of validity and reliability is critically important at each stage of developing and testing animal models to support inquiry into human disease.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimal ExperimentationAnimalsAutonomic Nervous System DiseasesAwarenessClinical Nursing ResearchDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1HumansHypoglycemiaPredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsResearch DesignRodentia

Identifiers

PMID16766631
PMCPMC2366101

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