Table 1 Representative transgenic mouse models commonly used to study Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

From: Systems-based proteomics to resolve the biology of Alzheimer’s disease beyond amyloid and tau

Model name

Gene(s)

Mutation(s)

Promoter

Background

Availability

Ref.

J20

huAPP770

APP-Swe, Ind

PDGFB

C57BL/6

The Jackson Laboratory: Stock No. 34836-JAX

[29]

TgCRND8

huAPP695

APP-Swe, Ind

Ham Prnp

Hybrid C3H/He-C57BL/6

Peter St. George-Hyslop

[193]

Tg-SwDI

huAPP770

APP-Swe, Dut, Iowa

Mo Thy1

C57BL/6

The Jackson Laboratory: Stock No. 34843-JAX

[194]

APP23

huAPP751

APP-Swe

Mo Thy1

C57BL/6

The Jackson Laboratory: Stock No. 030504

[26]

Tg2576

huAPP695

APP-Swe

Ham Prnp

C57BL/6 x SJL; C57BL6

Taconic: Stock No. 1349

[195]

APPPS1

huAPP, huPSEN1

APP-Swe; PS1-L166P

Mo Thy1

C57BL/6J

Mathias Jucker

[196]

APPswe/PSEN1dE9 (line 85)

mo/huAPP695, huPSEN1

APP-Swe; PS1∆E9

Mo Prnp

C57BL/6; C3H

The Jackson Laboratory: Stock No. 034829

[197]

5xFAD

huAPP, huPSEN1

APP-Swe, Flo, Lon; PS1-M146L, L286V

Mo Thy1

C57BL/6 x SJL; C57BL6

The Jackson Laboratory: Stock No. 034840; Stock No. 034848

[198]

JNPL3

huMAPT 4R0N

P301L

Mo Prnp

C57BL/6, DBA/2, SW mixed

Taconic: Stock no. 2508

[199]

hTau.P301S

huMAPT 4R0N

P301S

Mo Thy1.2

CBAxC57BL/6

Michel Goedert; LifeArc

[200]

PS19

huMAPT 4R1N

P301S

Mo Prnp

C57BL/6 x C3H

The Jackson Laboratory: Stock No. 008169

[201]

3xTg-AD

huAPP, moPsen1, huMAPT 4R0N

APP-Swe; MAPT-P301L; Psen1 M146V knock-in

Mo Thy1.2

C57BL/6;129

The Jackson Laboratory: Stock No. 34830-JAX

[202]

  1. Although this is not a thorough list of mouse models, Jankowsky and Zheng [203] and www.alzforum.com/research-models provide detailed lists of transgenic and non-transgenic mouse models. Mutations: Swe = Swedish (M670/671NL); Flo = Florida (APP I716V); Lon = London (APP V717I), Ind = Indiana (V717F); Dut = Dutch (E693Q); Iowa (D694N).
  2. APP amyloid precursor protein, PSEN1/PS1 presenilin 1, hu human, mo mouse, Ham hamster.