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Published in final edited form as: Transl Res. 2021 May 23;236:87–108. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2021.05.003

Table IV.

Type 2 diabetes models with delayed healing and known evidence of neuropathy

Model Comments References
Mouse models
B6.Cg-Lepob/J (ob/ob) Very obese, high glucose and insulin levels 282285
 Monogenic
JAX stock #000632
BTBR-ob/ob Very obese, high glucose and insulin levels 286289
 Monogenic  Retinopathy
JAX stock #004824  Nephropathy
BKS.Cg-Dock7m +/+ Leprdb/J (db/db) Very obese, high glucose and insulin levels 290293
 Monogenic  Myocardial disease
JAX stock #000642
C57BL/6J diet-induced obese Less obesity than genetic models and moderate increase in glucose and insulin 294299
JAX stock # 380050  Hypertension
 Endothelial dysfunction
Rat models
Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) Obese, high glucose and insulin levels 300305
 Monogenic  Hydronephrosis and hypertension
Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty Late onset obesity and increases in glucose and insulin levels (moderate range) 303,304
 Polygenic
Zucker diabetic Sprague-Dawley (ZDSD/Pco) Obesity and early onset high glucose and insulin 305,306
 Polygenic  Osteoporosis and nephropathy 307309
Goto-Kakizaki Not obese
 Polygenic  High glucose and insulin
High-fat diet-low dose streptozotocin (STZ)-treated Obesity, high glucose and insulin
 Retinopathy
 Renal dysfunction
 Cardiomyopathy
310312