mortality/aging
• 40% die before 5 weeks of age, probably as a result of issues relating to nursing
• mice surviving weaning have a normal life span
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• cortical zonation is perturbed
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• numerous vacuolar structures
• large oil droplets develop
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• numerous vacuolar structures
• large oil droplets develop
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• slight increase in size in young adults becoming very much enlarged by 18 months
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• lower levels of pregnenolone produced
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cellular
• in the adrenal glands
• tubulo-vescicular inner membranes are poorly formed
• cristae not discernable
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• apoptosis of double positive T cells is blocked
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homeostasis/metabolism
• morning levels of pregnenolone and aldosterone are normal
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• levels in serum are half normal at 2PM and at 7PM
• stressed levels in plasma are half normal
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reproductive system
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• sperm counts and sperm motility normal in spite of low gene expression in testes
• testis histology also appears normal
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immune system
• apoptosis of double positive T cells is blocked
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hematopoietic system
• apoptosis of double positive T cells is blocked
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