immune system
skeleton
• wider zone of calcified cartilage in young mice
• calcium phosphate crystals in the extracellular matrix of cartilage right above the tidemark are increased
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• hyaline cartilage of knee joints exhibits signs of early calcification
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• 9 week old mice exhibit decreased toluidine blue staining in the deeper zones of joint surfaces, indicating calcified cartilage
• hyaline cartilage of knee joints exhibits signs of early calcification
• 24 week old mice exhibit a highly reduced proteoglycan content in the calcified cartilage adjacent to the subchondral bone and in the remaining articular cartilage
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cellular
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• histology and basement membrane formation appeared normal in deficient tissues
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