Arthritis Res Ther. 2009;11(3):226. Epub 2009 May 19.

The value of animal models in predicting genetic susceptibility to complex diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

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Medical Inflammation Research, Lund University, C12 BMC, 221 84 Lund, Sweden. emma.ahlqvist@med.lu.se

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For a long time, genetic studies of complex diseases were most successfully conducted in animal models. However, the field of genetics is now rapidly evolving, and human genetics has also started to produce strong candidate genes for complex diseases. This raises the question of how to continue gene-finding attempts in animals and how to use animal models to enhance our understanding of gene function. In this review we summarize the uses and advantages of animal studies in identification of disease susceptibility genes, focusing on rheumatoid arthritis. We are convinced that animal genetics will remain a valuable tool for the identification and investigation of pathways that lead to disease, well into the future.

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