mortality/aging
• only 80% of the expected number of homozygous embryos survived to birth
(J:105164)
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• animals were described as either prenatally or neonatally lethal
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• most homozygotes die within 24 hours of birth; all are dead by 48 hours
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homeostasis/metabolism
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• metabolic screening did not detect significant differences between homozygous mutants and control in measures of urine organic acids and serum amino acids
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respiratory system
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• at P0, there is no difference in the lung:body weight ratio compared to controls
• at P0, there are no differences in lung glycogen content as assessed by Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) staining
• the distribution and number of lung macrophages are similar to controls, and mutant lungs are devoid of inflammatory infiltrates
• immunohistochemistry analysis on lung sections of mutants and controls indicates that the lung cellular composition and cellular distribution was not affected
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• developmental delay during the canalicular stage (E16.5)
• at E17.5, lung saccules are not fully dilated
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• expression levels of cytoplasmic CCSP and SP-B are significantly decreased in Clara cells in mutant lungs
• secretory apparatus in mutant Clara cells is disrupted, with enlargement and disorganization of the Golgi apparatus and vesicular structures of variable size appearing in the cytoplasm
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• significant emphysematous phenotype at birth in homozygous mutant mice
• at P0, distal airways are enlarged
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