中文摘要：

肝脏疾病已经在世界范围内导致严重的致死率和死亡率,动物模型是研究肝脏疾病的有效工具,考虑到非人灵长类实际使用的限制,树鼩作为非人灵长类替代动物具有资源丰富,成本较低,且与人类亲缘关系较近等优势,本文对树鼩在肝脏疾病动物模型中的应用进行综述.

英文摘要：

Liver diseases lead to serious fatality and mortality worldwide. Animal models are effective tools for the study of liver diseases. Considering the restrictions in application of non-human primate models, tree shrews has been used as a substitute for non-human primate animals, and show a lot of advantages such as abundant resources, lower cost, close relationship with humans. In this article we will review the research progress of application of tree shrew models of liver diseases.