| Susceptibility to atherosclerosis (when challenged with a high fat, high cholesterol diet containing 0.5% choline) | resistant | | susceptible | | Machleder et al.1997 |
| Density of beta-dopaminergic receptors in the cerebral cortex | less dense(1/3 of that found in C57BL/6) | | dense | | Severson et al.,1986, 236 (1): 24 |
| Innate resistance against babesia infections | not present | | present and plays a crucial role in fighting babesia infections | | Aguilar-Delfin et al. 2001 |
| sensitivity to acute toxic effects of aflatoxin B-1 | low | | High | | Almeida et al, 1996 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | Susceptible | | Resistant | | Autenrieth et al, 1994 |
| locomotor excitation after treatment with D-amphetamine | Low 6/6 | | High 1/6 | | Babbini et al., 1974 |
| Lymphocyte proliferation in vitro in response to pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S | low responder | | high responder | | Barclay NG, Spurrell JC, Bruno TF, Storey DG, Woods DE, Mody CH, 1999 |
| on infection with Lyme borreliosis (Borrelia burgdorferi) | Develop carditis | | Resistant to carditis | | Barthold et al 1990 |
| bone density of femur | Low 9/11 | | Low 11/11 | | Beamer et al, 1996 |
| induction of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) mRNA during liver regeneration | high | | low | | Belayew,A. & Tilghman S.M., 1982 |
| to biliary tract injury following oral dosing with 500 micrograms of the fungal toxin sporidesmin | Resistant 3/4 | | susceptible1/4 | | Bhathal et al 1990 |
| respond to dextran | High 4/10 | | Low 6/10 | | Blomberg et al., 1972 |
| immune response to cholera A and B antigens | Very good 1/9 | | Good 2/8 | | Cerny et al., 1971 |
| Leishmania tropica | susceptible | | resistant | | De Tolla et al, 1981 |
| S. anatum lipopolysaccharide | Poor 5/5 | | Good 2/5 | | Di Pauli, 1972 |
| S. senftenberg lipopolysaccharide | Poor 5/5 | | Good 1/5 | | Di Pauli, 1972 |
| Immune response to GAT (random terpolymer of Glu60, Ala30, Tyr10) | Responder 2/10 | | Poor immune response | | Dorf et al., 1974 |
| Quantity of IgG1,IgG2a, IgG2b in samples of normal serum IgG | Higher(IgG2a is predominant) | | Considerably less(IgG2a is virtually non-detectable) | | Epstein SL, Gottlieb PD, 1977 |
| Emotional reactivity | exploration paradigm: offspring from Balb/c mothers are more reactive; dark/light boxes: no difference | | exploration paradigm: offspring from C57BL/6 mothers are less reactive than offspring from Balb/c mothers; dark/light boxes: no difference | | F.Catalayud and C.Belzung 2001 |
| DMBA induction of leukemia | susceptible | | resistant | | Flaks, 1968 |
| Susceptibility to cytomegalovirus infection | sensitive | | resistant | | Geist,L.J. & Hinde, S.L., 2001 |
| Presence of mouse mast cell protease-7 (mMCP-7) protein and mRNA in bone marrow derived and ear mast cells | present | | non-detectable | | Ghildyal et al, 1994 |
| life span | 64820.6 d in females, 81632.4 d in males | | 81821 d in females, 82734 in males | | Goodrick, 1975 |
| mouse adenovirus type 1 | Resistant | | Susceptible | | Guida et al, 1995 |
| Anti-BPO IgE monoclonal antibody | failed to produce potent systemic sensitization sufficient for provocation of lethal shock in most aged (6 to 10 months) mice (c.f. 5/8) | | produced potent systemic sensitization sufficient for provocation of lethal shock in most aged (6 to 10 months) mice (c.f. 3/8) | | Harada et al 1991 |
| Influence of contact and respiratory allergens based on IL-12p40 and IL-4 expression | there is a less obvious difference between IL-12p40 and IL-4 mRNA expression after 24 hours of exposure to allergens | | clear difference between IL-12p40 and IL-4 mRNA expression after 24 hours allowing clear discrimination between contact or respiratory allergens | | Hayashi et al. 2001 |
| Mammary tumors | 30% at 2 years (3/7) | | <1% | | Heston and Vlahakis, 1971 |
| to hyperbaric oxygen | resistant 16/18 | | susceptible 4/18 | | Hill et al., 1968 |
| Primary lung tumors | 32% in males, 30% in breeding females and 14% in virgin females in Scott substrain | | 1% in males, 3% in breeding females and 0 in virgin females | | Hoag, 1963 |
| Accessory spleens in | 21% of animals | | 32% of mice | | Hummel et al., 1966 |
| plasma cholesterol levels | High 9/11 | | Low | | Jiao et al 1990 |
| to induction of autoimmune prostatisis | Resistant | | Susceptible 1/5 | | Keetch et al, 1994 |
| Secretory group II phospholipase A2 mRNA | high expression in small intestine | | defective | | Kennedy et al, 1995 |
| daunomycin-induced nephrosis | susceptible to 2/8 | | resistant to 6/8 | | Kimura et al 1993 |
| Susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes | susceptible | | resistant | | Krieg A.M. et al., 1998 |
| Immune responses to a wide variety of pathogens | dominant humoral response with IL-4, and IL-10 | | strong cell-mediated response, with production of IL-2 and IFN-gamma | | Kruszewska et al,1995 |
| Sensory neuron regeneration | higher | | lower | | Lainetti et al,1995 |
| DNA repair activity in prespermiogenic cells | low | | high | | Lee IP, Suzuki K, 1981 |
| Response to cytomegalovirus infection | acute and chronic myocarditis | | mild acute myocarditis | | Lenzo et al.2001 |
| Sensitivity to pharmacologically selective antidepressants | Desipramine: moderately responsive, Fluoxetine: responsive | | Desipramine: highly sensitive, Fluoxetine: non-responsive | | Lucki et al, 2001 |
| preference for sweet tasting substances | Low | | High 1/26 | | Lush 1988 |
| neutrophil response to thioglycolate broth and killed bacteria | Low | | High {C57BL/10} | | Marley et al, 1994 |
| between `H' and `L' sheep erythrocytes | Non-discriminator 6/18 | | Discriminator 12/18 | | McCarthy and Dutton, 1975 |
| defecation | High 1/7 | | Low 7/7 | | McClearn et al., 1970., 1970 |
| urination | High 2/7 | | Low 6/7 | | McClearn et al., 1970., 1970 |
| ethanol preference ratio | Low 4/5 | | High 1/5 | | McClearn, 1965 |
| levels of serum ceruloplasmin | Low in Males26/26 | | Low in Males, Intermed in Females | | Meier and MacPike, 1968 |
| Retinal ganglion cell number | Mean:63,393; SE:+-2,290;SD:+-6,058;N=8 | | Mean:54,630;SE:+-874;SD:+-3,910; N=21 | | Williams et al. |
| basal levels of kidney catalase and superoxide dismutase | high 1/4 | | low 4/4 | | Misra et al 1991 |
| Helicobacter felis | Relatively resistant | | Relatively susceptible | | Mohammadi et al, 1996 |
| Susceptibility to WA1 infection | susceptible | | resistant | | Moro et al, 1998 |
| Infection with P. berghei results | high peripheral blood parasitemia and death within 22-24 days, but without neurological complication | | in low blood parasitemia and death with neurological symptoms within 8-10 days | | Moumaris et al (1995 |
| expression of neutral glycosphingolipid GgOse(4)Cer in concanavalin A stimulated T lymphoblasts | Diminished 3/6 | | High 3/6 | | Muthing, 1997 |
| Level of i-NPY (immunoreactive-neuropeptide Y) in platelet rich plasma | higher | | lower | | Myers et al, 1993 |
| Leukemia | | | | | Myers et al., 1970., 1970 |
| measles virus induced encephalitis | Resistant | | Susceptible | | Niewiesk et al, 1993 |
| level of spontaneous sister chromatid exchange | Low 1/4 | | High 4/4 | | Nishi et al, 1993 |
| to immunosuppression of contact hypersensitivity by ultraviolet B light | Resistant 4/18 | | Susceptible 3/18 | | Noonan and Hoffman, 1994 |
| Trypanosoma congolense | Susceptible | | Resistant | | Ogunremi and Tabel, 1995 |
| synthetic polypeptide | Responder 3/7 | | Non-responder | | Pinchuck and Maurer, 1965 |
| Efficiency of hyperimmune anti- tumor cell serum against challenge with large doses of AD 755 tumor cells | non-protected | | highly protected | | Roloson et al, 1981 |
| mean life-span | M:539, F:575 | | M:800, F:750 | | Rowlatt et al. (1976), |
| erythrocyte count | High (2/18 J substrain, 5/18 An substrain) | | Low 14/18 | | Russell et al., 1951 |
| susceptibility to the development of micronuclei following treatment with clastogenic base analogues and nucleosides | Higher | | Less | | Sato et al, 1993 |
| susceptibility to the development of micronuclei following treatment with clastogenic base analogues and nucleosides | High | | Low | | Sato et al, 1993 |
| Plasmodium berghei | Less susceptible | | Highly susceptible | | Scheller et al, 1994 |
| relative kidney weight | Large 2/21 | | Small 19/21 | | Schlager, 1968 |
| Anti-hAAT (human alpha1-antitrypsin) antibody formation | significant | | poor | | Schowalter et al, 1999 |
| tau DD, the endogenous (free-running) period of the circadian pacemaker measured in constant environmental darkness | short | | long | | Schwartz and Zimmerman 1990 |
| Genetic differences responsible for cholesterol absorption efficiency | the specific difference was not present in article | | the specific difference was not present in article | | Schwartz et al. 2001 |
| M. leprae | good plateau harvest 2/9 | | poor plateau harvest 9/9 | | Shepard and Habas, 1967 |
| Permissiveness to embryo-derived teratocarcinomagenesis | high | | low | | Solter et al, 1979 |
| Estrogen does/ does not induce an increase in VLDL and LDL-cholesterol | does not | | does | | Srivastava, 1995 |
| Susceptibility to skin ulceration by DMBA | 13/23 | | 13/22 | | Thomas et al., 1973. |
| open-field activity | Low 12/14 | | High 2/15 | | Thompson, 1953 |
| histamine release from peritoneal mast cells induced by Ca2+ ionophore A23187 | high 7/8 | | low 1/8 | | Toda et al 1989 |
| brain L-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activity | High 1/7 | | Low 7/7 | | Tunnicliff et al., 1973., 1973 |
| mesencephalic tyrosine hydroxylase activity | High | | Intermediate | | Vadasz and Zaborszky |
| litter size | low 6/6 | | large 1/6 | | Verley et al., 1967., 1967 |
| Presence of class II MHC molecules IA, IE | I A and I E are both present | | only I A is present | | Vroegrop SM, Buxser SE, 1989 |
| Cholesterol absorption efficiency | medium | | high | | Wang et al, 2001, J Lipid Res |
| age-related hearing loss | - | | + | | Willott et al, 1995 |
| hippocampus volume | Large 1/9 | | Small 9/9 | | Wimer et al., 1969., |
| Response to adrenal cortical hormones, cortisone acetate | insensitive 3/6 | | sensitive 3/6 | | Wagg and Spears, 1952 |
| Streptobacillus moniliformis | resistant | | susceptible | | Wullenweber et al, 1990 |
| Mycobacterium marinum | Susceptible 3/9 | | Resistant 6/6 | | Yamamoto et al 1991 |
| Oral cytokine gene therapy using Salmonella typhimurium | effective against 2 unrelated murine tumors, strain difference was not marked out in abstract | | effective against 2 unrelated murine tumors, strain difference was not marked out in abstract | | Yuhua et al. 2001 |
| ovulatory response to PMS | poor | | high | | Zarrow et al., 1971 |
| Intrastrain aggression | High 4/14 | | | | |
| Na/K ratio in erythrocytes | High 2/9 | | | | |
| Course of Chlamydia infection | short, with less resistance to oviduct pathology | | short, with more resistance to oviduct pathology | | Darville T. et al 2001 |
| Response to Borrelia burgdorferi infection | mild arthritis, less robust humoral responses | | mild arthritis, less robust humoral responses | | Roper et al. 2001 |
| PG (prostaglandin) production by spleen cells of Leishmania mexicana infected mice | increased production of PGs as early as I week following infection | | no PGs were detected in infected C57BL/6 mice | | Perez-Santos et al. 2001 |
| B-cell recognition of multiple peptides from Schistosoma mansoni Glyceraldehyde 3-P Dehydrogenase(SG3PDH) | recognition of 6 peptides out of 6 tested by ELISA | | recognition of 4 peptides out of the 6 peptide tested by ELISA | | El Ridi et al. 2001 |
| Neuromodulatory effects of serotonin antibodies on behavioral responses | serotonin antibodies produced differential effects in genetically different mouse strains but the differenced is not stated in the abstract | | serotonin antibodies produced differential effects in genetically different mouse strains but the differenced is not stated in the abstract | | Evseev et al. 2001 |
| BAM (bronchoalveolar macrophage) activity under resting conditions and in response to various exercise paradigms | M2 phenotype: M2 BAMs have no change in degree of phagocytosis of unopsonized particles at moderate exercise levels but have an increased degree in phagocytosis in response to severe exercise | | M1 phenotype : same degree of phagocytosis at rest and all levels of exercise | | Su et al. 2001 |
| Place preference to drugs | place preference to morphine, place aversion to amphetamine, cocaine was ineffective | | display place preference to stimuli paired with morphine, amphetamine, and cocaine | | Belzung and Barreau, 2001 |
| Resistance to mycoplasma pulmonis infection | less resistant | | resistant | | Cartner et al., 1996 |
| Susceptibility to Schistomiasis mansoni | high(8.0-9.8 worms/adult animal) | | low (3.4-4.0 worms/adult animals) | | Fanning MM, Kazura JW, 1984 |
| Daily variations in noradrenalin, 5-hydroxytryptamine, and dopamine turnover | evident under 12-12 hour light-dark cycles but not evident under continuous light | | evident during 12-12 hour light-dark cycles and also under continuous light (L-L) conditions. | | Kempf et al.,1982 |
| Duration of immobility (6 min period) in the tail suspension Test | imipramine immobility:214(SD:+/- 50); vehicle immobility: 275 (SD:+/- 23) | | imipramine immobility: 276 (SD:=/- 17); vehicle immobility: 302 (SD:+/- 22) | | Liu, Gershenfeld, 2001 |
| Sensitivity and immune responses to HSV-1(herpes simplex virus-1) | more sensitive; the immune responses (i.e. cytokine profiles, CTL activity, serum antibody, natural killer cell activity) don't substantially differ between C57BL/6 and BALB/c | | less sensitive; the immune responses (i.e. cytokine profiles, CTL activity, serum antibody, natural killer cell activity) don't substantially differ between C57BL/6 and BALB/c | | Brenner et al., 1994 |
| Effect of 1 alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3(vit D3) on naïve CD4(+) T-cells | enhanced Th2 cell development | | enhanced Th2 cell development | | Boonstra et al., 2001 |
| MHC class II restriction; T-cell responses to immunization with circumsporozoite protein peptides of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite | H-2(d) type and non responder to immunization with synthetic peptides | | H-2(b) type, responder strain to immunization with synthetic peptides | | Schuler et al, 2001 |
| Efficiency of vaccination with live recombinant Salmonella Typhimurium aroA against H.pilori | efficient; need higher doses for full protection | | efficient; need lower doses for full protection | | Koesling et al., 2001 |
| Presence of CD11c(+)CD11b(-)B220(+)Gr-1(+) cells in lymph nodes | 5 times that of found in C57BL/6 | | 5 times less than found in lymph nodes of BALB/c mice | | Nakano et al., 2001 |
| Force of operant disc press responses measured with a PC/DOS-based system | strains differed in the physical and temporal characteristics of the disc press but this difference was not specified in the article | | strains differed in the physical and temporal characteristics of the disc press but this difference was not specified in the article | | Zarcone TJ, Fowler SC, 2001 |
| Histopathological changes in bronchial lesions of the late asthmatic response | more severe | | less severe | | Hayashi et al., 2001 |
| Susceptibility to Burkholderia pseudomallei infection | susceptible | | resistant | | Barnes et al., 2001 |
| Haloperidol-induced microcatalepsy (arrest of movement) | less susceptible to microcatalepsy | | more susceptible to microcatalepsy and exhibits a greater degree of sensitization to repeated dosing | | Fowler et al., 2001 |
| Brucella abortus infection | susceptible | | resistant | | Murphy et al., 2001 |
| Sensitivity to predatory exposure and/or odor | intermediate reactive | | highly reactive | | Belzung et al., 2001 |
| Response to LPS, response to MALP-2 (a mycoplasma lipopeptide) | LPS: responder; MALP-2: responder | BALB/c/l | LPS: non-responder; MALP-2:responder | C57BL10/ScCr | Galanos et al., 2000 |
| total serum IgE in response to OVA (chicken egg albumin) senstization/challange for induction of asthma. | increased serum IgE; marked histological changes | | low serum IgE; less marked histological changes | | Pinelli et al., 2001 |
| Neuroadapted Sindbis Virus (NSV) infection, viral RNA levels | resistant, lower levels of viral RNA in brains of infected mice | BALB/cBy | 100% mortality, higher levels of viral RNA in brains of infected mice | | Tchach et al., 2001 |
| Kanamycin ototoxicity | high susceptibility | | low susceptibility | | Wu et al., 2001 |
| Expression and activity of sPLA2 enzymes in mouse stomach in response to Helicobacter felis infection | PLA2 activity: unchanged by infection; PLA-II enzyme: expressed | | PLA2 activity: decreased dramatically and time dependently due to infection; PLA-II enzyme: not expressed | | Ottlecz et al., 2001 |
| Role of TNF-alpha in osteoclastogenesis | TNF-alpha is an autocrine factor in osteoclastogenesis | | TNF-alpha plays no role in osteoclastogenesis | | Zou et al., 2001 |
| Angiostrongylus costaricensis infection | high mortality, low production of Th2-type cytokines in spleen cell cultures, highly elevated levels of Th1-type cytokines at 2 and 4 weeks post infection | | | low mortality, upregulated and balanced production of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines during infection | Geiger et al., 2001 |
| Protective immune response to Ebola virus proteins VP24, VP30,VP35, and VP40 | no single VP protein gives protection alone; VP24, VP30,and VP40 together induce protective immune responses | | no single VP protein gives protection alone;VP24, VP30, and VP40 induce protective immunity only following immunization with VP35 | | Wilson et al., 2001 |
| Fibrotic response in acute or chronic infection with Schistosomiasis mansoni | intermediate level of fibrosis | | low level of fibrosis | | Chiaramonte et al.,2001 |
| Immune responses to helicobacter pylori and therapeutic vaccine efficacy | higher antibody responses to H.pylori infection; significantly reduced bacterial colonization following therapeutic immunization | | lower antibody responses; no significant reduction in bacterial density following therapeutic immunization | | Kim et al., 2001 |
| Levels of expression of the membrane bound form of Pactolus ( a beta-integrin-like protein) by granulocytes) | lower; possess and express allele B | | higher; possess and express allele A | | Garrison et al., 2001 |
| Diazepam induced alterations in behavior | the 1mg/kg dosage induced an activating and anxiolytic action, the 3mg/kg dosage revealed a slight sedative but still anxiolytic effect | | the acute administration of diazepam (1 and 3mg/kg) induced strong sedative effects in a dose dependent manner | | Ohl et al., 2001 |
| Antibody levels during immunization with E2 DNA vaccine (prepared from E2glycoprotein DNA of bovine viral diarrhoea virus) | higher | | lower | | Nobiron et al.,2001 |
| Behavioral changes to environmental factors | stress sensitive, enhanced response | | stress-resistant, display minimal behavioral changes | | Flint MS, Tinkle SS, 2001 |
| Activity of DNA dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) and expression of its catalytic subunit | profoundly lower | | higher | | Mori et al., 2001 |
| Rejection of cardiac allografts from the transgenic donor strain HLA-A2 (HLA-A2+) C57BL/6 mice | acutely rejected; survival time: 10 +/- 0.8 days | | acutely rejected; survival time: 16.5 +/- 2.1 days | | Smith CR et al., 2001 |
| Airway hyperresponsiveness following sensitization to and airway challenge to ovalbumin | higher antibody response; number of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is lower and they are accumulated in peribronchial and peripheral lung tissue; 5-hydroxytriptamine inhalation decreases dynamic compliance | | lower antibody response; number of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is higher and eosinophils are distributed diffusely in peripheral lung tissue; dynamic compliance increases after 5-hydroxytriptamine inhalation | | Takeda K. et al.,2001 |
| Resistance to influenza virus infection following immunization with adjuvant combined vaccine | protected; higher IgA and IgG antibody response | | not protected; lower IgA and IgG antibody response | | Asanuma H. et al., 2001 |
| cAMP production in the telencephalic tissue; Alcohol sensitivity, Blood alcohol concentration | strain difference exists but not described in abstract | | strain difference exists but not described in abstract | | Kirstein SL and Tabacoff B, 2001 |
| Thioredoxin expression in viral myocarditis | moderate | | low | | Miyamoto M et al, 2001 |
| Development of Behcet`s disease like symptoms induced by Herpes simplex virus | 2% of animals develop symptoms | | 40-50% of animals develop symptoms | | Sohn S et al., 2001 |
| Locomotor activity before after treatment with D-amphetamine sulfate | movements are restricted to the left side portion of the chamber | | movement is restricted to running around the periphery | | Fowler SC et al.,2001 |
| Sensitivity to atherosclerosis | atherosclerosis resistant | | atherosclerosis prone | | Huber SA et al., 2001 |
| Induction of insulin autoantibodies with the insulin B chain peptide B9-23 | induction of autoantibodies is observed | | induction of autoantibodies is not observed | | Abiru et al.,2001 |
| Susceptibility to Leishmania amazonensis | susceptible | | resistant | | Linares et al., 2001 |
| Resistance to cilium-associated respiratory bacillus (CAR) | susceptible | | resistant | | Kendall LV et al., 2001 |
| Susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii | resistant | | susceptible | | Norose et al., 2001 |
| Expression of human Apo A-I following gene transfer with a cytomegalovirus promoter driven construct | expression declined sharply after 14 days | | expression was observed for 35 days | | De Geest B et al., 2001 |
| Responses to adenovirus infection | serum alanine aminotransferase level: six fold higher; level of intrahepatic NK cells: two to threefold higher | | serum alanine aminotransferase level: six fold lower; level of intrahepatic NK cells: two to threefold lower | | Peng Y. et al, 2001 |
| Adenovirus transgene expression | early extinction of transgene expression | | sustained transgene expression | | Peng Y. et al, 2001 |
| Cytokine production in mice first vaccinated with gamma irradiated cercariae and then challenged with Schistosoma japonicum | IL-10 produced by spleen cells: higher; IFN-gamma: higher | | IL-10 produced by spleen cells: lower; IFN-gamma: lower | | Osada Y et al, 2001 |
| Presence of TCR V(beta)3+ and TCR V(beta)11+ on T-cells | present | | not present | | Noel C. et al, 2001 |
| Radiosensitivity and susceptibility of females to ionizing radiation induced mammary tumors | radiosensitive; more susceptible to mammary tumors | | less radiosensitive; less susceptible to mammary tumors | | Yu Y et al., 2001 |
| Colonic stem cell somatic mutation frequency in response to DMH (dimethylhydrazine) and ENU (ethylnitrosurea) | DMH: tenfold more susceptible (3.3 +/- 0.71); ENU: twice as susceptible (3.1 +/- 0.4) | | DMH: tenfold less susceptible (.28 +/- 0.0008); ENU: twofold less susceptible (1.63 +/- 0.00028) | | Kuraguchi M et al, 2001 |
| Susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni infection | susceptible | | resistant | | Yoshida et al, 1999 |
| Response to neutrophil depletion in experimental Chagas` disease | exacerbation of the disease, decreased expression of mRNA for Th 1 cytokines in the spleen | | induction of resistance and enhancement of expression of mRNA for Th 1 cytokines in the spleen | | Chen L et al, 2001 |
| Preferred tissue type for development of osteoarthritic lesions and expression of type X collagen in these joints | patella femoral joints, increased type X collagen expression | | lateral compartments of knee joints, not accompanied with increased type X collagen expression | | van der Kraan et al., 2001 |
| Preference of novel or familiar place (free-exploratory paradigm) | preference for familiar places, marked number of avoidance responses towards novelty | | preference for novel places, few avoidance responses towards novelty | | Griebel et al., 1993 |
| Extent to which submucosal glands (SMG) descend in the mouse trachea | SMG extend to a mean depth of 5.6 +/- 0.45 tracheal rings | | SMG extend to a mean depth of 1.5 +/- 0.32 tracheal rings | | Innes BA and Dorin JR, 2001 |
| Anti-ROP2 (ROP2:protein of T.gondii) antibody isotypes produced in response to vaccination with live attenuated ts-4 strain of Toxoplasma gondii | only IgG2a | | only IgG2c | | Leyva R et al, 2001 |
| UV induced immunosuppression | low susceptibility | | high susceptibility | | Clemens et al, 2000 |
| Reduction in mortality due to administration of beta-NF (naphtoflavone) before treatment with methylchloranthrene (a very strong carcinogen) | 89 % reduction | | 100 % reduction | | Anderson LM and Seetharam S, 1985 |
| Response to peptide immunization against HPV (human papilloma virus) | responder | | non-responder | | Kawana et al, 2001 |
| Susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa corneal infection | resistant | | susceptible | | Hazlett et al, 2001 |
| Induction of chemokines Mig and Crg-2 in popliteal lymph nodes following EV (ectromelia virus) infection | not induced | | rapidly induced | | Mahalingam S. et al, 2000 |
| APP (acute phase protein) levels after long duration whole body hyperthermia (WBH) and intraperitoneal administration of LPS (lipopolysaccharide) | prolonged APP levels | | no prolonged APP levels were observed | | Ostberg JR et al, 2000 |
| Severity of group B streptococcal arthritis | mild lesions | | no lesions | | Puliti et al, 2001 |
| Type of immune response elicited by radiation attenuated schistosome vaccine | Th2-type | | Th1-type | | Mountford et al, 2000 |
| Susceptibility to pristane induced plasmacytoma | susceptible | | resistant | | Zhang et al. 21 (1): 310, 2001 |
| Susceptibility to MPTP (1 methyl-4 phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine ) | less susceptible: nest building: not delayed; neostriatal dopamine depletion: -58%; no loss of tyrosine hydroxylase activity | | more susceptible: nest building: delayed; neostriatal dopamine depletion:-85%; loss of tyrosine hydroxylase activity:-25% | | Sedelis et al., 2000 |
| Speed of appearance and level of cytokines (IL-12, IFN-gamma, TNF, and macrophage chemoattractive protein-1) in response to Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection | earlier response, but level of cytokines is lower, development of atypical granulomas | | later response, but level of cytokines is higher, development of lymphocytic granulomas | | Wakeham et al, 2000 |
| Mg content of red blood cells and plasma | Lower: Mg mmol/l for RBCs:2.2 +/- 0.07; Mg mmol/l of plasma:1.1 +/- 0.05 | | Higher: Mg mmol/l for RBCs:2.63 +/- 0.16; Mg mmol/l of plasma: 1.28 +/- 0.04 | | Chollet et al., 2000 |
| Inflammatory sensitivity in response to particulate matter (urban and industrial airway pollutants) | responsive | | nonresponsive | | Veronesi et al, 2000 |
| Bleomycin induced lung injury | bleomycin resistant | | bleomycin sensitive | | Gur et al, 2000 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection | resistant | | non-resistant | | Stotland et al, 2000 |
| Tissue injury after middle cerebral artery ligation | 3-fold larger cortical infarcts | | 3-fold smaller cortical infarcts | | Majid et al, 2000 |
| Effectiveness of ex-vivo activated, tumor sensitized T-cells to eliminate intracranial MCA 205 tumors in sublethally irradiated mice | therapeutically effective | | no therapeutic efficacy | | Plautz et al., 2000 |
| Expressed antibody isotype against a recombinant Toxoplasma Hsp 90 protein (rTgHsp90) | anti-rTgHsp90 IgG2a/IgG3 | | anti-rTgHsp90 IgG1/IgG2a/IgG2b | | Rojas et al. 2000 |
| Regulation of monoamine metabolism in the hypothalamus and striatum | strain difference is mentioned but is not marked out in abstract | | strain difference is mentioned but is not marked out in abstract | | Seredenin et al, 2000 |
| (IFN)-gamma induced nitric oxide (NO) production by peritoneal macrophages | low responder; nitrite concentration in microM +/- SEM: 11.0 +/- 2.1 | | high responder; nitrite concentration in microM +/- SEM: 32.1 +/- 1.16 | | Zidek et al, 2000 |
| Resistance to Eimeria vermiformis; interleukin-6 production | relatively resistant; higher IL-6 in serum and draining lymph nodes | | relatively susceptible; lower IL-6 in serum and draining lymph nodes | | Lynagh et al, 2000 |
| Clearance of a murine retrovirus in mice that were previously treated with a CD8 alpha chain derived peptide analog (the peptide analog is derived from the surface region that is directly adjacent to the bound MHC class I) | peptide prevented clearance of retrovirus | | peptide didn't prevent clearance of the retrovirus | | Tretiakova et al, 2000 |
| Severity of cilium associated respiratory bacillus (CAR) infection | more severe | | less severe | | Kendall et al., 2000 |
| Susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis | relatively susceptible | | relatively resistant | | Hu et al., 2000 |
| Serum IgE levels of OVA (chicken egg albumin) treated mice | high | | low | | Pinelli et al, 2000 |
| Extent of bronchus associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) hyperplasia induced by inhalation of heat-killed Pseudomonas aeruginosa | greater | | lesser | | Toyoshima et al, 2000 |
| Susceptibility to African trypanosomiasis | highly susceptible | | relatively resistant | | Kaushik et al, 2000 |
| Susceptibility to Leishmania major | susceptible | | resistant | | Steinbrink et al, 2000 |
| Magnitude of antigen-induced recruitment of eosinophils into the trachea | 20 times higher | | 20 times less | | Nakajima et al, 2000 |
| Pattern of heterochromatin aggregation into chromocentres in Sertoli cells of mice (KE-like: nuclei with 1 chromocentre predominate; CBA-like: nuclei with 2 chromocentres predominate) | intermediate between CBA- and KE-like | | KE-like | | Krzanowska H, Bilinska B., 2000 |
| Airway and vascular responsiveness to methacholine, thromboxane, and endothelin | higher | | lower | | Held and Uhlig, 2000 |
| Expression of DC (dendritic cell) cell surface markers; ratio of immature to mature dendritic cells in cultures stimulated with LPS | strain difference is mentioned but is not marked out in abstract | | strain difference is mentioned but is not marked out in abstract | | Petersen et al, 2000 |
| Volume of submucosal glandular material in tracheae | lower (0.06+/- 0.01 mm3) | | higher (0.12 +/- 0.02 mm3) | | Cowley et al., 2000 |
| Damage to photoreceptors after exposure to prolonged light | more damage | | much less damage | C57BL/6J(c2J) | Danciger et al, 2000 |
| LLNA (local lymph node assay) response to TDI (toluene diisocyanate) | higher | | considerably lower | | Woolhiser et al, 2000 |
| Survival of cultured cerebellar granule neurons (CGNs) without the addition of KCl or glutamate | can survive | | cannot survive | | Fujikawa et al, 2000 |
| PHSC (primitive hematopoietic stem cell) function in bone marrow cells as mice get older | declines 2 fold with age, PHSC senescence is less delayed | | increases more than 2 fold, PHSC senescence is more delayed | | Chen et al, 2000 |
| Resistance to Cryptosporodium parvum in interferon knockout mice | resistant | BALB/c-GKO | not resistant | C57BL/6-GKO | Smith et al, 2000 |
| Resistance to filarial parasites | susceptible | | resistant | | Le Goff et al, 2000 |
| Resistance to Francisella tularensis 15L infection | susceptible | | resistant | C57BL/10 | Hajduch et al, 1998 |
| Susceptibility to murine malaria (Plasmodium chabaudi) infection | susceptible | | resistant | | Yamamoto et al, 1999 |
| DNFB (dinitrofluorobenzene) induced hypersensitivity in terms of increases in ear thickness and histopathological changes | three times greater | | three times less | | Nagai et al, 2000 |
| Susceptibility to experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis | low susceptibility | | high susceptibility | | Graus et al, 1993 |
| Protective effect of cepharanthin (CE) against LPS lethality in D-galactosamine sensitized mice | protection from LPS lethality | | no protection from LPS lethality | | Maruyama et al, 2000 |
| Anxiolytic behavior in in two models of anxiety, i.e. the light/dark choice task and the elevated plus-maze test, following administration of benzodiazepine diazepane | diazepane had a positive effect in both tests | | diazepane had a positive effect only in the elevated plus-maze test | | Griebel et al, 2000 |
| Effectiveness of flumazenil to function as a benzodiazepine agonist and induce a strong anxiolytic effect | effective | | not effective | | Griebel et al, 2000 |
| Chorda tympani nerve responses to NaCl | much less sensitive | | much more sensitive | | Miyamoto et al, 1999 |
| IFN-gamma production during infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae | not produced | | produced | | Vuola et al., 2000 |
| Density of benzodiazepine receptors in the amygdala | 5 times lower | | 5 times higher | | Hode et al., 2000 |
| Expression of HSP 65 (heat shock protein 65) during Trypanosoma cruzi infection | weakly expressed | | highly expressed | | Sakai et al, 1999 |
| Sensitivity to the lick-suppressive effects of haloperidol | higher | | lower | | Wang G and Fowler SC, 1999 |
| Antinociceptive effect of epibatidine | higher | | lower | | Flores et al., 1999 |
| Expression of Kit protein (receptor for stem cell factor) on dermal mast cells | lower | | higher | | Hart et al., 1999 |
| Number of infiltrating eosinophils in lungs following OVA (ovalbumin) challenge | significantly lower | | significantly higher | | Morokata et al., 1999 |
| Alloimmune reactivity | low | | high | | Yamagami et al., 1999 |
| IgE responses to recombinant mosquito salivary protein | significantly higher | | significantly lower | | Wang et al., 1999 |
| Susceptibility to lung tumor induction | higher | | lower | | Gressani et al., 1999 |
| Extent of elastic recoil after induced airflow resistance | lager | | smaller | | Fernandez et al., 1999 |
| Onset of V(D)J recombination at the TCRbeta locus | Different between the 2 strains but this difference was not specified in the abstract. | | Different between the 2 strains but this difference was not specified in the abstract. | | Macedo et al., 1999 |
| Specificity of the antibody response against a fusion protein derived from the measles virus | specific to the 407-417 region | | specific to the 408-420 region | | Partidos et al., 1999 |
| Resistance to Candida albicans following subcutaneous immunization | resistant | | not resistant | | Mulero-Marchese et al., 1999 |
| CHS (contact hypersensitivity) responses in DNFB (dinitrofluorobenzene) primed mice, combined with the intraperitoneal administration of ribavirin | enhanced CHS responses | | suppressed CHS responses | | Tam et al., 1999 |
| kidney morphology | the strain difference was not specified in the abstract | | the strain difference was not specified in the abstract | | Yabuki et al., 1999 |
| Melatonin induced changes in neophobic responses | effective reduction of neophobia | | no effect | | Kopp et al., 1999 |
| Level of peripheral blood B lymphocytes (B220) | intermediate | | high | | Chen J, Harrison DE, 2002 |
| First appearance of isolated lymphoid follicles in the small intestine | 7 days after birth | | 25 days after birth | | Hamada et al., 2002 |
| Relative magnitude of antibody response to TT (tetanus toxin) conjugated capsular GXM (glucuronxylomannan) of Cryptococcus neoformans | higher | | lower | | Nussbaum et al., 1999 |
| Predominant antibody type following Toxoplasma gondii infection | T.g.HSP30/bag1 specific IgG antibody | | T.g.HSP70 specific IgG antibody | | Mun et al., 1999 |
| Titers of ani-GluR3 antibody following immunization with GluR3B (Glutamate/AMPA receptor subunit 3) peptide | high | | low | | Levite M and Hermelin A, 1999 |
| Induction of allergic rhinitis using SEA (Schistosoma mansoni egg antigen), SEA-specific IgE production | induced, production of SEA-specific IgE | | not induced, no production of SEA-specific IgE | | Okano M et al., 1999 |
| Proliferation of LDR (low density radiation) treated spleen cells in response to the polyclonal mitogen ConA, proportion of cells expressing p53 | suppressed proliferation, increased number of p53 expressing cells | | high rate of proliferation, decreased number of p53 expressing cells | | Shankar et al., 1999 |
| Development of antibodies against the O157 carbohydrate moiety of Escherichia coli after inoculation with a horse-serum albumin-O157 antigen conjugate vaccine | develop antibodies against O157 | | don't develop antibodies against O157 | | Conlan et al., 1999 |
| Resolution of primary infection with Heligmosomoides polygyrus | intermediate (10-20 weeks) | | slow (>25 weeks) | | Ben-Smith et al., 1999 |
| Susceptibility to Burkholderia cepacia infection | relatively resistant | | susceptible | | Speert et al., 1999 |
| Changes in anxiety-like behavior when mice are socially reared in an enriched (possibility of multiple activities) rearing environment. | decrease in the level of anxiety-like behavior | | no changes in the level of anxiety-like behavior | | Chapillon et al., 1999 |
| Production of NO (nitric oxide) by bone marrow derived macrophages following stimulation with whole cell extracts of Trypanosoma cruzi | significantly lower | | significantly higher | | Kaushik et al., 1999 |
| Deposition of flunitrazepam, cocaine, and nicotine in hair | significantly lower | | significantly higher | | Stout PR and Ruth JA, 1999 |
| Lysis of Chinese hamster ovary cells by natural killer (NK) cells | NK cells don't perform lysis | | NK cells perform lysis | | Idris et al., 1999 |
| Inflammation of the gastric corpus and antrum caused by the SS1 strain of Helicobacter pylori | show chronic inflammation | | don't show inflammation | | van Doorn et al., 1999 |
| Epitope of rotavirus capsid glycoprotein that induces the strongest CTL (cytotoxic T lymphocyte) response | Kd restricted epitope (residues 5-13) | | Kb restricted epitope (amino acids 8-16) | | Buesa et al., 1999 |
| Susceptibility to MCMV (murine cytomegalovirus) induced hepat |