immune system
• skin of mutants shows granulomatous inflammation of the dermis associated with rupture of follicles
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integument
dermal cyst
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J:108173
)
• 4-month old mutants have deep dermal cysts, upon examination of the middorsal skin
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• homozygous mutants begin losing hair around the face and neck, proceeding caudally, until mutants are devoid of all general body hair by 25 days of age
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• nails are excessively long and curved
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• numbers of whiskers in homozygous mice decreases with age
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• at 4 months of age, mutant skin is characterized by the formation of epidermal utricles
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• generalized orthokeratosis affects the skin of the entire body in mutants
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acanthosis
(
J:108173
)
• generalized acanthosis affects the skin of the entire body in mutants
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loose skin
(
J:108173
)
• as mutants age, the skin becomes progressively looser, developing folds and flaps
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growth/size/body
dermal cyst
(
J:108173
)
• 4-month old mutants have deep dermal cysts, upon examination of the middorsal skin
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