mortality/aging
• two-thirds of mice die within the first few days after birth due to cardiac defects associated with altred left-right patterning
• however, surviving mice have no cardiac defects
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growth/size/body
• however, lung lobe placement is normal
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• 6 of 50 mice exhibit atria left isomerism
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cardiovascular system
• in 6 of 50 mice, the portal vein passes ventrally to the duodenum instead of dorsally as in wild-type mice
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• the left-sided inferior vena cava is connected to the azygos vein without its entering the liver as it does in wild-type mice
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• cardiac abnormalities are associated with lethality and altered left-right patterning
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• in 8 of 50 mice the pulmonary trunk and aorta are positioned side by side
• in 4 of 50 mice the aorta is ventral to the pulmonary artery
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• in 3 of 8 mice
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• 2 of 8 mice exhibit a transposition of great arteries
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• in 1 of 8 mice
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• 6 of 50 mice exhibit atria left isomerism
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dextrocardia
(
J:70483
)
• in 3 of 50 mice
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• 1 in 8 mice exhibit a common atrioventricular canal
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• in 1 of 8 mice
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embryo
• left-right patterning is distrupted with Pitx2 expression duplicated laterally and prolonged Nodal expression at the 8 somite stage
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digestive/alimentary system
• the colon fails to cross the duodenum
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hematopoietic system
• 8 of 50 mice exhibit one or more ectopic small spleens
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liver/biliary system
• the right lateral and caudal lobes are fused in 8 of 50 mice and resemble the left lobe
• in 6 of 50 mice, the portal vein passes ventrally to the duodenum instead of dorsally as in wild-type mice
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immune system
• 8 of 50 mice exhibit one or more ectopic small spleens
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respiratory system
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• despite left-right patterning defects in the heart, lung lobe placement is normal
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