JAX® Mice Strains

The following JAX® Mice strains are bred by Charles River in Europe. If you do not find the model you need in the list below, please see the information about importing JAX® Mice strains.


JAX® ApoE Mice

Ideal for: Cardiovascular research (atherosclerosis, heart abnormalities, hypercholesterolemiam hypertriglyceridemia, vascular defects)
Bred In: Italy


JAX® B6CBAF1 Mice

Ideal for: Uses include hybrid vigor, as a background for deleterious mutations, to create or enhance expression of polygenic diseases, to determine the mode of inheritance, and to provide physiological buffering (present a broader array of responses to various stresses).
Bred In: France


JAX® B6D2F1/J Mice

Ideal for: Safety and efficacy testing, transgenic/knockout model development, transplantation research, behavioral research
Bred In: France


JAX® BALB/cByJ Mice

Ideal for: Oncology, immunology, inflammation, autoimmunity, neurobiology
Bred In: France


JAX® BALB/c Nude Mice

Ideal for: Tumor biology and xenograft research
Bred In: France


JAX® C3H/HeOuJ Mice

Ideal for: Safety and efficacy testing, oncology, neurological disorders, retinal degeneration
Bred In: Germany


JAX® C57BL/6J Mice

Ideal for: General multipurpose model, diet-induced obesity, transgenic/knockout model development, safety and efficacy testing, immunology
Bred In: France, Germany, and the UK


JAX® C57BL/6J-Aged  Mice

Ideal for: Immunology, cancer, longevity interventions, and biomarker studies
Bred In: France and the UK


JAX® CBA/J Mice

Ideal for: General purpose strain, diet-induced atherosclerosis, autoimmunity research, internal/organ research, metabolism research
Bred In: France


JAX® DBA/2J Mice

Ideal for: Safety and efficacy testing, immunology, audiogenic seizures, glaucoma research
Bred In: France


JAX® B6 db/db Mice

Ideal for: Diabetes and obesity research, wound healing
Bred In: Italy


JAX® K18 hACE2 Mice

Ideal for: Virology (including COVID-19), internal/organ research, research tools, developmental biology, immunology, inflammation, and autoimmunity research
Bred In: France


JAX® NOD Mice

Ideal for: Type 1 diabetes research
Bred In: Italy


JAX® NOD SCID Mice

Ideal for: Tumor biology and xenograft research
Bred In: France


JAX® NSG® Mice

Ideal for: Oncology, immunology, virology research, xenograft/transplant host - (outstanding utility in the studies of islet transplantation, hematopoietic stem cells and cancer stem cells)
Bred In: France, Germany, Italy, and the UK


JAX® NSG-MHC DKO I/II Mice

Ideal for:Oncology, immunology, xenograft/transplant host, humanized mouse studies, graft-versus-host disease (GvHD)
Bred In: the UK


JAX® B6 ob/ob Mice

Ideal for: Obesity research, wound healing
Bred In: Italy