mortality/aging
• even when bred in specific pathogen-free conditions, mice die before 8 weeks with atrophic muscles, thymus and spleen
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nervous system
• at 7 weeks
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• at 7 weeks
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microgliosis
(
J:269785
)
• extensive
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astrocytosis
(
J:269785
)
• extensive
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• of Rbfox3+ cells due to necrosis
• however, no overt increase in apoptosis is observed in the brain
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• subcortical vacuolar encephalomyelopathy; initially detected at 5 weeks of age in the brainstem that progresses anteriorly to hypothalamus, thalamus, deep cerebellar nuclei, and the cingulate cortex
• however, no neuronal loss is observed in the cortex, hippocampus, and substantia nigra
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immune system
• a few days before death
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microgliosis
(
J:269785
)
• extensive
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• a few days before death
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behavior/neurological
• rapidly progressive from the age of 6 weeks
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• rapidly progressive from the age of 6 weeks with lower limb paresis, hunched back and dyspnea
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cellular
• progressively more severe swollen and abnormal mitochondria in medulla oblongata neurons beginning at 3 weeks of age and corresponding to neuronal loss indicative of necrosis
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• in medulla oblongata neurons at 3 weeks of age
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• severely reduced calcium capacity upon progressive loading of mitochondrial purified from the brain without an alteration in mitochondrial depolarization
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• severe involving CIII and CoQ beginning as early as 3 weeks of age
• however, no increase in reactive oxygen species is detected in the brain
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cardiovascular system
• vascular proliferation in the brain at advanced stages
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• at 7 weeks mostly affecting the brainstem and spinal cord
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• at 7 weeks
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• at 7 weeks
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• a few days before death
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respiratory system
• rapidly progressive from the age of 6 weeks
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muscle
hematopoietic system
• a few days before death
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microgliosis
(
J:269785
)
• extensive
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• a few days before death
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
Leigh disease | DOID:3652 |
OMIM:256000 |
J:269785 |