mortality/aging
• mice succumb to tumorigenesis by 8 months of age
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neoplasm
• mice succumb to tumorigenesis by 8 months of age
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• 2 of 30 mice develop germ-cell tumors compared to 0 of 26 p53-null mice
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• 7 of 30 mice develop peripheral lymphomas compared to 0 of 26 p53-null mice
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• 12 of 30 mice develop thymomas compared to 18 of 26 p53-null mice
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• 10 of 30 mice develop sarcomas, including hemangiosarcomas (4 of the 10) and rhabosarcomas (4 if the 10), compared to 8 of 26 p53-null mice
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• 12 of 30 mice develop thymomas compared to 18 of 26 p53-null mice
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cellular
• the G2 to M check point is impaired after irradiation of mouse embryonic fibroblasts
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• p53-dependent apoptosis following exposure to radiation is abolished
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• unlike in p53-null mice or Trp53tm1Holl homozygotes, 78% of pre-tumor thymi contained chromosomal translocations
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hematopoietic system
• 12 of 30 mice develop thymomas compared to 18 of 26 p53-null mice
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immune system
• 12 of 30 mice develop thymomas compared to 18 of 26 p53-null mice
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