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Model organisms
Model organisms have been used in the study of IDE function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Idetm1a(EUCOMM)Wtsi was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists.

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion. Twenty three tests were carried out on mutant mice and two significant abnormalities were observed. Homozygous mutant animals displayed abnormal drinking behavior, and males also had an increased NK cell number.