cardiovascular system
• mice show a 25% reduction in the number of vessels in the sciatic nerve indicating that the network of vasa nervorum is reduced
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• 40% increase in acellular capillaries in the retina indicating retinal vascular damage
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hematopoietic system
• mice exhibit bone marrow neuropathy, with a decrease in tyrosine hydroxylase-positive and neurofilament 200-positive nerve processes at 4 and 12 months of age
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• 4 month old mice show a 2-fold increase in lin- sca1+ c-Kit+ (LSK) cells within the bone marrow, indicating a dysfunction in bone marrow progenitor cell (BMPC) release from bone marrow
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• BMPCs show decreased colony formation and NO levels
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• BMPCs show a 3-fold decrease in proliferation
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cellular
• BMPCs show a 3-fold decrease in proliferation
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homeostasis/metabolism
• mice are normoglycemic and show better recovery after glucose challenge than wild-type mice
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nervous system
• mice exhibit bone marrow neuropathy, with a decrease in tyrosine hydroxylase-positive and neurofilament 200-positive nerve processes at 4 and 12 months of age, respectively
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vision/eye
• increase in retinal permeability
• dissociation of tight junctions and adherens junctional integrity in the retina
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• 40% increase in acellular capillaries in the retina indicating retinal vascular damage
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