mortality/aging
• mice die between 1 and 4 days after birth of infection or through cannibalization
• only 5% of mice survive past weaning
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immune system
• mice are unable to perform B cell and germ line DJ rearrangement unlike wild-type mice
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• mice cannot rearrange IgH DJ segments and VDJ joints are not found in fetal livers as in wild-type and heterozygous mice
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• the ratio of CD4 to CD8 T cells in the thymus is altered likely due to infection, stress or both
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• lymphoid cell numbers in the thymus and spleen are decreased 3-fold compared to in wild-type mice
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• B220+IgM B cells are absent
• 3% of bone marrow cells are B220+ CD43+ compared to 6% in wild-type mice
• 3% of bone marrow cells are B220+ CD43- compared to 26% in wild-type mice
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hematopoietic system
• peripheral blood contains 3-fold nucleated cells than wild-type blood
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• mice are unable to perform B cell and germ line DJ rearrangement unlike wild-type mice
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• mice cannot rearrange IgH DJ segments and VDJ joints are not found in fetal livers as in wild-type and heterozygous mice
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• the ratio of CD4 to CD8 T cells in the thymus is altered likely due to infection, stress or both
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• lymphoid cell numbers in the thymus and spleen are decreased 3-fold compared to in wild-type mice
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• B220+IgM B cells are absent
• 3% of bone marrow cells are B220+ CD43+ compared to 6% in wild-type mice
• 3% of bone marrow cells are B220+ CD43- compared to 26% in wild-type mice
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