immune system
• increased susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis
• 75% incidence of rheumatoid arthritis at 16 weeks of age
• presence of swelling and erythema at ankle joints and tarsometarasal/metatarsophalangeal paw joints
• presence of inflammatory cell infiltrates in bones
• cartilage damage
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skeleton
• increased susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis
• 75% incidence of rheumatoid arthritis at 16 weeks of age
• presence of swelling and erythema at ankle joints and tarsometarasal/metatarsophalangeal paw joints
• presence of inflammatory cell infiltrates in bones
• cartilage damage
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integument
• increased psoriasis susceptibility
• 87.5% incidence of psoriasis at 16 weeks of age
• severe progressive erythema and scale and crust formation on the back skin
• presence of epidermal hyperplasia, hyperorthokeratosis and subcorneal microabscesses
• presence of inflammatory cell infiltration (CD4+ cells and macrophages) in the dermis
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