mortality/aging
• reduced life span due to susceptibility to infection (ave. 236 days)
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growth/size/body
immune system
• slightly
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• peripheral lymphocytes reduced to about 44.2% of white cells as opposed to 78% in controls
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• reduced proliferative response to T-cell mitogens
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• periarteriolar regions of spleen severely depleted
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• tissue between primary nodules severely depleted
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• lack well developed germinal centers
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• deep cortical areas of lymph nodes are severely depleted
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• decreased humoral response to thymus dependent antigens
• 20 fold reduction in IgM plaque forming response to sheep erythrocytes
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• decreased serum Ig levels
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neoplasm
• no chemically induced carcinogenesis observed in two stage protocols using DMBA and TPA
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• refractory to thymic lymphoma
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• lymphoreticular neoplasms observed (reticulum cell sarcoma)
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hematopoietic system
• slightly
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• peripheral lymphocytes reduced to about 44.2% of white cells as opposed to 78% in controls
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• reduced proliferative response to T-cell mitogens
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• periarteriolar regions of spleen severely depleted
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• decreased serum Ig levels
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integument
homeostasis/metabolism
• no chemically induced carcinogenesis observed in two stage protocols using DMBA and TPA
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endocrine/exocrine glands