mortality/aging
• death within 10 days in those mice showing the most extreme size reduction
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growth/size/body
• about 20% are smaller than control litter mates
• size discrepancy disappears after 6 weeks unless it is particularly extreme
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immune system
• recovery from glucocorticoid depletion of DP cells is retarded
• T cell maturation is retarded
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• double positive thymocyte numbers are significantly reduced
• double negative thymocyte numbers remain normal
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• three fold reduction
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• B220+,IgM(high) B cell numbers are reduced
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• B220+,CD43- pre B cells are reduced in number
• B220+,Cd43+ pro B cell numbers are normal
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• continue to be present but in reduced numbers
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• peripheral lymph nodes colonized by thymocytes in appropriate proportions
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• significantly reduced cellularity only when there is growth retardation
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hematopoietic system
• significantly reduced cellularity only when there is growth retardation
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• recovery from glucocorticoid depletion of DP cells is retarded
• T cell maturation is retarded
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• double positive thymocyte numbers are significantly reduced
• double negative thymocyte numbers remain normal
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• three fold reduction
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• B220+,IgM(high) B cell numbers are reduced
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• B220+,CD43- pre B cells are reduced in number
• B220+,Cd43+ pro B cell numbers are normal
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• continue to be present but in reduced numbers
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• significantly reduced cellularity only when there is growth retardation
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