mortality/aging
• about 50% of homozygotes die before 6 months of age
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cardiovascular system
• heart rate is slightly decreased to 572.8 beats per minute compared to 601.9 in wild-type mice
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• blood pressure is 80 mmHg compared to 93.2 mmHg in wild-type mice
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digestive/alimentary system
• the stomach is distended and stomach weight is increased to 4.5% of body weight compared to 1.5% in wild-type
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• the passage of barium sulphate through the intestine is slowed with some retained in the stomach after 30 minutes
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muscle
• no phasic contraction response or relaxation is seen after exposure to cGMP in smooth muscle from the colon and little or no relaxation is seen in cGMP exposed phenylephrine-precontracted aortic segments
• cGMP has no effect on Ca2+ transients in mutant smooth muscle unlike in wild-type smooth muscle
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