Nonhuman primates （NHPs） provide powerful experimental models to study human development, cognitive functions and disturbances as well as complex behavior, because of their genetic and physiological similarities to ...Nonhuman primates （NHPs） provide powerful experimental models to study human development, cognitive functions and disturbances as well as complex behavior, because of their genetic and physiological similarities to humans. Therefore, NHPs are appropriate models for the study of human diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson＇s, Alzheimer＇s and Huntington＇s diseases, which occur as a result of genetic mutations. However, such diseases afflicting humans do not occur naturally in NHPs. So transgenic NHPs need to be established to understand the etiology of disease pathology and pathogenesis. Compared to rodent genetic models, the generation of transgenic NHPs for human diseases is inefficient, and only a transgenic monkey model for Huntington＇s disease has been reported. This review focuses on potential approaches and contributing factors for generating transgenic NHPs to study human diseases.展开更多
基金supported by the grants from the Major State Basic Development Program(No. 2012CBA01300)the National High Technology Research and Development Program(No.2012AA020701)+1 种基金the National Science and Technology Major Project(No.2009ZX09501- 028)the Social Science and Technology Development Program of Yunnan Province(No.2007GH)
文摘Nonhuman primates （NHPs） provide powerful experimental models to study human development, cognitive functions and disturbances as well as complex behavior, because of their genetic and physiological similarities to humans. Therefore, NHPs are appropriate models for the study of human diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson＇s, Alzheimer＇s and Huntington＇s diseases, which occur as a result of genetic mutations. However, such diseases afflicting humans do not occur naturally in NHPs. So transgenic NHPs need to be established to understand the etiology of disease pathology and pathogenesis. Compared to rodent genetic models, the generation of transgenic NHPs for human diseases is inefficient, and only a transgenic monkey model for Huntington＇s disease has been reported. This review focuses on potential approaches and contributing factors for generating transgenic NHPs to study human diseases.
