mortality/aging
• mice exposed to semi-lethal doses of gamma-irradiation die more quickly and in greater numbers than controls; gastrointestinal mucosa appear normal in moribund mice; authors suggest premature lethality is due to damage to bone marrow progenitor cells
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growth/size/body
• evident after birth
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hematopoietic system
N |
• circulating blood cell counts were similar to controls
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• number of hematopoietic colony-forming progenitors were increased compared to control values; these cells appeared to be more sensitive to radiation-induced apoptosis than controls
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immune system
N |
• the numbers of B and T cells, the mitogenic responses of splenic and thymic lymphocytes and the serum levels of the immunoglobulins were similar to controls
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blepharitis
(
J:80652
)
• variable degrees of inflammation; almost all homozygotes develop swollen eyelids
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vision/eye
blepharitis
(
J:80652
)
• variable degrees of inflammation; almost all homozygotes develop swollen eyelids
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homeostasis/metabolism
• mice exposed to semi-lethal doses of gamma-irradiation die more quickly and in greater numbers than controls; gastrointestinal mucosa appear normal in moribund mice; authors suggest premature lethality is due to damage to bone marrow progenitor cells
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