mortality/aging
• when infected with influenza A/PR8 virus, all homozygotes die within 9 days, compared to ~67% of wild-type and 58% of heterozygous littermates
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immune system
• 2 days after influenza infection, a marked reduction in NK cells in the blood is observed in mutants compared to wild-type; this correlates with increased percentages of NK cells in the lungs
• with time, numbers of NK cells in the blood increase to pre-infection levels while NK cells continue to increase in the lungs
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• in vivo, killing of RMAS or RMA cells, both of which are NK cell-sensitive targets, is impaired compared to that in wild-type or heterozygotes; RMA cells are killed less efficiently than RMAS cells in mutants
• in vitro, splenocytes from mutants show little or no cytolytic activity against known NK cell target cell lines without activation by poly(I):poly(C) treatment
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• when infected with influenza A/PR8 virus, all homozygotes die within 9 days, compared to ~67% of wild-type and 58% of heterozygous littermates
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hematopoietic system
• 2 days after influenza infection, a marked reduction in NK cells in the blood is observed in mutants compared to wild-type; this correlates with increased percentages of NK cells in the lungs
• with time, numbers of NK cells in the blood increase to pre-infection levels while NK cells continue to increase in the lungs
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• in vivo, killing of RMAS or RMA cells, both of which are NK cell-sensitive targets, is impaired compared to that in wild-type or heterozygotes; RMA cells are killed less efficiently than RMAS cells in mutants
• in vitro, splenocytes from mutants show little or no cytolytic activity against known NK cell target cell lines without activation by poly(I):poly(C) treatment
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