mortality/aging
• homozygotes with urinary tract infection (caused by E.coli infection) show increased mortality, with 3 of 18 dying from septicemia compared to none of wild-type
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immune system
• increased susceptibility to uropathogenic E. coli infection; exhibit a higher infection rate (increased presence of bacteria in urinary tract) and higher numbers of bacteria attached to bladders and surviving on epithelial cells after 30 min
• homozygotes with urinary tract infection exhibit higher number of bacteria in kidneys and larger size of kidneys and have more severe systemic signs of infection such as weight loss and increased mortality
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• homozygotes with urinary tract infection (caused by E.coli infection) show increased mortality, with 3 of 18 dying from septicemia compared to none of wild-type
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