endocrine/exocrine glands
• at 2.5 months of age, homozygotes display a large accumulation of iron in the pancreas
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mortality/aging
N |
• no change in lifespan detected up to 15 months of age
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homeostasis/metabolism
N |
• no evidence of diabetes, cardiomyopathy, or other hemochromatosis-associated pathology
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• northern blot analysis on liver extracts shows high expresion of ferroportin in untreated homozygotes and this is downregulated by LPS injection
• northern blot analysis on liver extracts fails to detect hepcidin expresssion at 1.5 days or 90 days of age when it is normally expressed; normal induction of hepcidin by dietary or injected iron fails to occur in homozygotes, but hepcidin expression is induced by immunologic stimuli
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• at 2.5 months of age, homozygotes display a large accumulation of iron in the heart
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• at 2.5 months of age, homozygotes display a large accumulation of iron in the pancreas
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• spleen shows reduced iron content relative to wild-type mice
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• at 2.5 months of age, homozygotes display a large accumulation of iron in the liver; time course evaluation shows that this accumulation in liver begins by 30 days of age and plateaus by 4 months of age
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reproductive system
• males sterile but no indication of hypogonadism
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cardiovascular system
• at 2.5 months of age, homozygotes display a large accumulation of iron in the heart
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hematopoietic system
• spleen shows reduced iron content relative to wild-type mice
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immune system
• spleen shows reduced iron content relative to wild-type mice
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liver/biliary system
• at 2.5 months of age, homozygotes display a large accumulation of iron in the liver; time course evaluation shows that this accumulation in liver begins by 30 days of age and plateaus by 4 months of age
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
hemochromatosis type 2A | DOID:0111027 |
OMIM:602390 |
J:100173 |