MOUSE PATHOLOGY INTEREST GROUP site for the
Mouse Pathologists Consortium

Mission Statement:  The Mouse Pathologists’ Consortium is a community of comparative pathologists dedicated to excellence in mouse pathology. It offers an interface for professional interaction, sharing of pathology knowledge and mentoring future generations of mouse pathologists.


INTERNET RESOURCES for Mouse Histology, Pathology and Diseases

http://www.informatics.jax.org/cookbook/chapters/contents2.shtml
Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse by Margaret Cook 1965 (rev 2008)

http://www.deltagen.com/target/histologyatlas/HistologyAtlas.html
Deltabase mouse histology atlas

http://ctrgenpath.net/static/atlas/chemicallyinducedtumors/files/index.html
Histopathology of Chemically Induced Tumors
  

http://www.pathbase.net/
Pathbase: European mutant mouse pathology database

http://www.radil.missouri.edu/info/dora/Dora.htm
RADIL University of Missouri Diseases of Research Animals (DORA)

http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/labs/aboutlabs/cmb/
Virtual Mouse Necropsy

http://tvmouse.compmed.ucdavis.edu/
Visible Mouse at UCDavis

http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/lists/lists.shtml
MGI Listserve for Mouse Genome Informatics Discussion

MSK Collaboration portal


TEXT BOOK & LITERATURE RESOURCES for Mouse Pathology and Diseases

Brayton, C., M. Justice, Montgomery, C. (2001). "Evaluating mutant mice: anatomic pathology." Vet Pathol 38(1): 1-19.

Brayton C. Spontaneous diseases in commonly used inbred mouse strains. 2006. In Fox. & al. Eds. In THE MOUSE IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 2nd Ed.  ACLAM series. Elsevier.

Frith C & Ward J. 1988.  COLOR ATLAS of NEOPLASTIC and NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS in AGING MICE. Print on Demand from CLDavis foundation https://store.cldavis.org/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=17 

Hedrich H. Ed.  2004. THE HANDBOOK OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS SERIES:  THE LABORATORY MOUSE. Elsevier. 

Maronpot, R. & al., Eds. (1999). PATHOLOGY OF THE MOUSE: REFERENCE AND ATLAS. Cache River Press. Vienna, IL.

Percy D & Barthold S. 2001. PATHOLOGY OF LABORATORY RODENTS AND RABBITS.  2nd Ed.  ISU Press.

Smith, R. S. (2001). Systemic Evaluation of the Mouse Eye, Anatomy, Pathology, and Biomethods. Boca Raton, FL., CRC Press, (Taylor & Francis, UK).

Ward JM, Maronpot RR, Sundberg JP. 2000. PATHOLOGY OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICE. Ames, IA, Iowa State University Press (Blackwell Publishing) 


COURSES, CONFERENCES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES for Mouse Pathology

Ongoing -

Center for Genomic Pathology - UCDavis Extensions Remote learning initiative
http://ctrgenpath.net/main/about

JHU Phenotyping Course - Links to lectures & syllabus material
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mcp/PHENOCORE/08phenocourseSCHEDULE.html

March 3-4, 2009, Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins Phenotyping Symposium IV
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/JHUphenotyping 

April 20-24, 2009,  Paris, France
EUROPOLA III L'Institut Pasteur; Paris France
EUROPOLA.com

May 11-13, 2009,  Paris, France
L'Institut Curie; Paris France - MORE INFO SOON

June 2-6, 2009,  Rovaniemi and Oulu, Finland
NorIMM - Nordic Infrastructure for Mouse Models - research training course & symposium http://www.norimm.org/

July 20-24, 2009; Taipei, Taiwan
 NLAC - Mouse and Rat Pathobiology and Phenotyping - MORE INFO SOON



MORE INTERNET RESOURCES for Mice in translational research

Mouse/Gene Nomenclature
- Information to find/use correct names for publication, grants, communication;
- Search for Lab code information, apply for your own lab code.

Search MGI for genes, markers, etc
- current names, history, homologies, alleles

Search IMSR for special stocks and strains in Repositories
- current names, history, availability, references

Phenome Database
- Phenotype Data on Prioritized inbred strains
- growth curves, organ weights, CBC, glucose, body condition, behavioral etc 


FIND YOUR MICE & THEIR HEALTH REPORTS at:

Charles River (Crl)

Harlan (Hsd, Ola)

JAX (J)

NCI Frederick (N, Cr)

Taconic (Tac)
                     

FIND YOUR GEM at:

Deltagen and Lexicon Knockout Mice and Phenotypic Data

Jax IMSR (Induced Mutant Strain Resource)

MMRRC Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers


 More Online Resources:

Edinburgh Mouse Atlas: Digital Atlas of Mouse Development

EUMORPHIA EMPRESS (European Mouse Phenotyping Resource of Standardised Screens)
EUrophenome Mouse Phenotyping Resource
EUMODIC (European Mouse Disease Clinic) Phenotyping Initiative

Jax - The Jackson Laboratory - Community Resources
JAX ES Cell lines & strains of origin
JAX Festings information on inbred strains
JAX Lee Silver's MOUSE GENETICS on line
JAX Mouse Phenome database (prioritized strains, protocols, data, more)
JAX Willys Silver's (1979) COAT COLORS OF MICE

NCI MMHCC (Mouse Models of Human Cancer Consortium) Site
(Model information with links to Consensus papers, protocols, etc)

NIH KOMP (Knockout Mouse Project)

NorCOMM (North American Conditional Mutant Mouse Project)


MORE REFERENCES & TEXTBOOKS  - Mouse Genetics Genomics Phenotyping 

Barthold, S. W. (2002). "Muromics": genomics from the perspective of the laboratory mouse." Comp Med 52(3): 206-23.

Barthold, S. W. (2004). "Genetically altered mice: phenotypes, no phenotypes, and Faux phenotypes." Genetica 122(1): 75-88.

Brayton, C., M. Justice, Montgomery, C. (2001). "Evaluating mutant mice: anatomic pathology." Vet Pathol 38(1): 1-19.

Brayton C. Spontaneous diseases in commonly used inbred mouse strains. 2006. In Fox. & al. Eds. In THE MOUSE IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 2nd Ed.  ACLAM series. Elsevier.

Hedrich H. Ed.  2004. THE HANDBOOK OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS SERIES:  THE LABORATORY MOUSE. Elsevier. 

Hrab de Angelis, M. & al. Eds 2006. STANDARDS OF MOUSE MODEL PHENOTYPING.?Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, ISBN 3-527-31031-2

Kaufman M. 1992.  ATLAS OF MOUSE DEVELOPMENT. Academic Press

Maronpot, R. & al., Eds. (1999). PATHOLOGY OF THE MOUSE: REFERENCE AND ATLAS. Cache River Press. Vienna, IL

Papaioannou V., Behringer RR. 2004. MOUSE PHENOTYPES: A HANDBOOK OF MUTATION ANALYSIS. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; Cold Spring Harbor, NY (review in Nature)

Smith, R. S. (2001). Systemic Evaluation of the Mouse Eye, Anatomy, Pathology, and Biomethods. Boca Raton, FL., CRC Press, (Taylor & Francis, UK).

Suckow M, Danneman P, Brayton C.  2001. THE LABORATORY MOUSE. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, (Taylor & Francis, UK).

Sundberg JP, Boggess D, Ed s.  2002. Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Mouse Mutations. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. (Taylor & Francis, UK)

Sundberg, J. and T. Ichiki (2005). Genetically Engineered Mice Handbook. CRC Press;  Boca Raton, FL (Taylor & Francis, UK).

Ward JM, Maronpot RR, Sundberg JP. 2000. PATHOLOGY OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICE. Ames, IA, Iowa State University Press (Blackwell Publishing)