mortality/aging
• a few live homozygotes can be recovered as late as E17.5 (2 of 18 viable), indicating that mutants survive at least 2 days longer than homozygous Rb1tm1Tyj mice
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cellular
• MEFs exhibit an increase in the fraction of cells in the S and G2/M phases of the cell cycle
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• MEFs fail to efficiently trigger G1/S cell cycle arrest in response to DNA damage
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• apoptosis is detected in the lens fiber compartment that is not seen in wild-type
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• MEFs cultured at confluence exhibit an increase in cell proliferation compared to wild-type MEFs
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embryo
• although embryos are smaller than wild-type, they are larger than age-matched homozygous Rb1tm1Tyj embryos
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• normal labyrinth architecture is disrupted
• the porous appearance of the labyrinth layer is absent
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• exhibit defective placental transport as indicated by a 7.7% reduction of the essential fatty acid linoleic acid, arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid in E14.5 embryos relative to wild-type
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hematopoietic system
• small percentage of erythrocytes exhibit enucleating defects at E17.5, indicating a less severe erythrocyte maturation defect than seen in homozygous Rb1tm1Tyj mice
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• fetal liver macrophages show fewer defects in differentiation compared to homozygous Rb1tm1Tyj mice
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vision/eye
• apoptosis is detected in the lens fiber compartment that is not seen in wild-type
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• detect ectopic mitoses in the lens fiber compartment that is not seen in wild-type
• lens fiber cells are disorganized
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nervous system
• detect ectopic mitosis and apoptosis in the intermediate zones of the fourth ventricle
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• detect ectopic mitosis and apoptosis in the intermediate zones of the third ventricle
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• detect ectopic mitosis and apoptosis in the trigeminal ganglia
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• detect ectopic mitosis and apoptosis in the dorsal root ganglia
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immune system
• fetal liver macrophages show fewer defects in differentiation compared to homozygous Rb1tm1Tyj mice
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growth/size/body
• although embryos are smaller than wild-type, they are larger than age-matched homozygous Rb1tm1Tyj embryos
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integument
• although embryos are paler than wild-type, they exhibit improved coloration over that seen in homozygous Rb1tm1Tyj embryos
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