mortality/aging
• those pups that are born alive die within 24 hours
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cellular
• apoptosis is repressed in several tissues including the liver and thymus but not in the intestine
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• fewer F4/80+ macrophages are found in the thymus and liver compared to wild-type mice
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• more unphagocytosed apoptotic cells are found in the liver at E13.5 and in the thymus at E16.5 despite an overall decrease in the number of apoptotic cells
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growth/size/body
• at E15.5 mutant embryos are smaller than their heterozygous littermates
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hematopoietic system
• fewer F4/80+ macrophages are found in the thymus and liver compared to wild-type mice
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• more unphagocytosed apoptotic cells are found in the liver at E13.5 and in the thymus at E16.5 despite an overall decrease in the number of apoptotic cells
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• both the cortex and medulla are poorly developed
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• at E18.5 the total number of thymocytes is decreased to less than 20% of wild-type
• fewer than 15% of these cells are CD4+CD8+ compared to more than 60% in wild-type mice indicating a block in thymocyte differentiation at the CD4-CD8- stage
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• at E16.5 peripheral blood contains mainly larger nucleated erythrocytes derived primitive erythropoeisis in the yolk sac rather than smaller , enucleated erythrocytes derived from definitive erythropoeisis as in wild-type mice
• at E13.5 the proportion of Ter119+c-kit- erythroid cells in the liver significantly decreased while the number of Ter119+c-kit+ was unchanged indicating a block in erythroid differentiation at an early erythroblast stage
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• at E16.5 hematocrit is greatly reduced
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• at E16.5 hemoglobin concentration is greatly reduced
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• at E16.5 peripheral blood contains mainly larger nucleated erythrocytes derived primitive erythropoeisis in the yolk sac rather than smaller , enucleated erythrocytes derived from definitive erythropoeisis as in wild-type mice
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immune system
• fewer F4/80+ macrophages are found in the thymus and liver compared to wild-type mice
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• more unphagocytosed apoptotic cells are found in the liver at E13.5 and in the thymus at E16.5 despite an overall decrease in the number of apoptotic cells
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• both the cortex and medulla are poorly developed
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• at E18.5 the total number of thymocytes is decreased to less than 20% of wild-type
• fewer than 15% of these cells are CD4+CD8+ compared to more than 60% in wild-type mice indicating a block in thymocyte differentiation at the CD4-CD8- stage
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liver/biliary system
• at E13.5 the total number of liver cells is decreased to less than 20% of wild-type
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• both the cortex and medulla are poorly developed
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• at E18.5 the total number of thymocytes is decreased to less than 20% of wild-type
• fewer than 15% of these cells are CD4+CD8+ compared to more than 60% in wild-type mice indicating a block in thymocyte differentiation at the CD4-CD8- stage
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