cardiovascular system
N |
• no mice develop heart block at any age
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immune system
N |
• mice do not develop cardiac autoantibodies, or diabetes at any age
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• mice do not develop cardiac myosin autoantibodies, but 100% develop thyroid autoantibodies by 55 weeks of age
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• 25% of mice with thyroiditis develop thyroid gland enlargement and goiter
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homeostasis/metabolism
• a subset of mice with an enlarged thyroid gland develop thyroid failure with elevated serum TSH levels
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