immune system
• mice are more resistant to the early stages of P. berghei with all mice alive at day 12 post-infection whereas 50% of wild-type mice survive at this time point
• male mice exhibit a smaller difference in susceptibility compared to wild-type mice
• however, all mice are dead at day 22 of infection
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hematopoietic system
• glycerol permeability is decreased relative to wild-type cells
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• cells are more resistant to glycerol-induced lysis with a half-time of 14 minutes compared to 2.5 minutes for wild-type cells
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