mortality/aging
• 15% had died by 7 months of age, with the remaining 85% being tumor-free
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neoplasm
• mice developed lymphomas and sarcomas between 7 and 13 months of age
• delayed onset relative to Trp53 null mice
• no pronounced aneuploidy in tumor cells
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• exhibited by 43% of mice
• most lymphomas were in the spleen and lymph nodes
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cellular
• Trp53-dependent apoptosis was not observed in response to DNA damage or oncogenic signaling
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