mortality/aging
• fewer (6.25%) than the expected 12.5% of mutants were observed, indicating some lethality; time of analysis not specified
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neoplasm
• by 45 weeks of age, all mutants develop at least one skin tumor, with an average of four tumors per mouse
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• skin tumors are all squamous cell carcinoma
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• all mutants develop tumors by 45 weeks of age, significantly sooner than Brca1tm1Cxd/Brca1tm2Cxd Tg(KRT5-cre)1Jlj/0 mice or Brca1tm2Cxd/Brca1+ Tg(KRT5-cre)1Jlj/0 mice and by 70 weeks of age, 100% of mice exhibit tumors
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integument
• increase in basal keratinocyte proliferation
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• mutants exhibit increased epidermal proliferation and apoptosis
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• by 45 weeks of age, all mutants develop at least one skin tumor, with an average of four tumors per mouse
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cellular
• increase in basal keratinocyte proliferation
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