mortality/aging
• >50% of affected mice die by 4 months of age; few animals survive beyond 1 year
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neoplasm
• lymphomas spread to non-lymphoid organs in older mice
• Background Sensitivity: lymphoma cell infiltration of lungs and liver is more severe on BALB/c background than on 129S1/SvJ or C3H/HeJ backgrounds
• spread of lymphoma cells to kidney or ovary is sometimes observed
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• all mice develop lymphoma
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immune system
• majority of thymocytes in aged mice are CD4-CD8-CD3+B220+
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• at end of third month, thymi in affected mice start to grow with some thymi weighing >1 gram at 5-6 months
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• severe; obvious from 6 weeks; in 5-month old affected mice, spleens are 10-20 fold larger than wild-type
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• mice exhibit hypergammaglobulinemia with 12-fold higher serum levels than wild-type
• significant IgG deposits observed in glomeruli
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• IgM levels are increased about 8-fold in serum
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• enlarged cervical lymph nodes are visible by 9-10 weeks
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hematopoietic system
• majority of thymocytes in aged mice are CD4-CD8-CD3+B220+
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• at end of third month, thymi in affected mice start to grow with some thymi weighing >1 gram at 5-6 months
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• severe; obvious from 6 weeks; in 5-month old affected mice, spleens are 10-20 fold larger than wild-type
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• leukocyte population that is TCR+CD3+B220+CD19-CD4-CD8- increases from 5% of total splenocytes to >70% at 5 months
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• mice exhibit hypergammaglobulinemia with 12-fold higher serum levels than wild-type
• significant IgG deposits observed in glomeruli
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• IgM levels are increased about 8-fold in serum
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• majority of thymocytes in aged mice are CD4-CD8-CD3+B220+
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• at end of third month, thymi in affected mice start to grow with some thymi weighing >1 gram at 5-6 months
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growth/size/body
• severe; obvious from 6 weeks; in 5-month old affected mice, spleens are 10-20 fold larger than wild-type
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