mortality/aging
• following skin burning, mice are less susceptible to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection with 13% of mice dying following treatment while 80% of wild-type mice die 48 hours following treatment
• administration of heparin sulfate increases mortality following burning and infection
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homeostasis/metabolism
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• homozygotes display normal heparan sulfate (HS) biosynthesis relative to wild-type
• no changes in HS tissue-specific structures are noted in kidney, lung, skin or spleen with respect to disaccharide species or sulfation degree
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immune system
• 24 hours following burning and infection, no bacteria are recovered from the liver whereas wild-type livers contain 3.4x105+/-9x104 colony forming units
• 24 hours following burning and infection, no perivascular cuffing or thrombosis is detected whereas the addition of heparin sulfate results in extensive perivascular cuffing
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• following skin burning, mice are less susceptible to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection with 13% of mice dying following treatment while 80% of wild-type mice die 48 hours following treatment
• administration of heparin sulfate increases mortality following burning and infection
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