mortality/aging
• reduced life span
• deaths as early as 5 weeks
• substantial mortality between 10 and 20 weeks
• only one of 35 survived beyond 42 weeks
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hematopoietic system
• hematocrit mildly reduced
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anisocytosis
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• heterogeneity of red blood cell size
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• mild thrombocytopenia in younger but not in older mice
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• deficient mauration of CD8+ T cells in the thymus
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• 3.8 fold increase in granulocytes
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• 1.6 fold reduction of peripheral lymphocytes
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• reduced B220 and CD19+ B cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
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• numbers significantly reduced in bone marrow and the spleen
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• 9 fold reduction in T cell number in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
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• 2 fold reduction in CD4+ cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
• 8 fold increase in apoptotic cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
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• 20 fold reduction in CD8+ cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
• 4 fold increase in apoptotic cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
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• numbers significantly reduced in bone marrow and the spleen
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• abnormalities in spleen morphology are less pronounced than those seen in the liver
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• splenic cellularity reduced 2 fold
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immune system
• deficient mauration of CD8+ T cells in the thymus
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• 3.8 fold increase in granulocytes
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• 1.6 fold reduction of peripheral lymphocytes
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• reduced B220 and CD19+ B cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
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• numbers significantly reduced in bone marrow and the spleen
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• 9 fold reduction in T cell number in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
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• 2 fold reduction in CD4+ cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
• 8 fold increase in apoptotic cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
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• 20 fold reduction in CD8+ cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
• 4 fold increase in apoptotic cells in the spleen, pancreatic and inguinal lymph nodes
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• numbers significantly reduced in bone marrow and the spleen
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• abnormalities in spleen morphology are less pronounced than those seen in the liver
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• splenic cellularity reduced 2 fold
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• pancreatic lymph nodes are small and grayish at 10-16 weeks of age
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• bone marrow cells are deficient in repopulating lethally irradiated hosts
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liver/biliary system
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• livers are normal at 2 weeks
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• small foci of hematopoietic cells can be found at two weeks
• mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells are abundant
• hematopoietic precursors are present, particularly those for granulocytes
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• parenchymal collapse
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• hepatocellular degeneration and necrosis
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• scarred, retracted, and hyperemic hepatic tissue
• hepatocellular degeneration and necrosis
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pale liver
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• livers develop pale nodules
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