At the pre-thymoma stage BUF rats have extremely large thymuses due to a gene Ten-1 located on chromosome 1. This gene may be identical to Tsr-1 ( Murakumo et al, 1993, 1995). High …

BBZ/Wor rat model of obese autoimmune non-insulin-dependent diabetes. The spontaneously diabetic DP-BB rat was crossed with the obese Zucker rat, and numerous lines derived from …

Our data show highly variable metabolic and endocrine health traits in ACI, BN, BUF, F344, M520, and WKY rat strains . This is the first report of numerous strain- and sex-specific traits …

Inbred rat strains Fischer 344 (F344) and Buffalo (BUF) differ in several physiological and behavioral measures. It was found that the activity of adrenomedullary and regional brain …

The Buffalo rat is used in carcinogenesis and oncology research and anticancer drug discovery.

The Buffalo/Mna rat, an animal model of FSGS recurrence after renal transplantation Transplant Proc . 2001 Nov-Dec;33(7-8):3338-40. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02437-x.

In rats of the BUF/Mna strain epithelial thymoma development is regulated by a single autosomal susceptible gene, Tsr-1. In pre-thymoma stage, BUF/Mna rats have extremely large thymuses, …

Derived from Buffalo stock of H. Morris to the NIH in 1950 and disseminated from Charles River since 1998, the Buffalo is a white albino rat, genotype c. The incidence of spontaneous tumor …

ACI/N rats are susceptible and BUF/Nac rats are resistant to MNNG-induced stomach carcinogenesis, and the presence of an autosomal gene with a dominant BUF allele has been …

Mapping of two genetic loci, Ten-1 and Ten-2, associated with thymus enlargement in BUF/Mna rats. Mamm Genome. 1996 Jul;7(7):505-8. Additional strain information: ACI