immune system
• cellularity of the thymus is 40% of wild-type reflecting diminished double-positive and single-positive thymocyte populations
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• calcium flux upon activation of double-positive thymocytes is severely diminished compared to controls
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• number of double-positive thymocytes is reduced by about 40%
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• thymocytes are arrested at the double-positive stage
• the few single-positive CD8+ T cells present express heat-stable antigen and are considered an immature, transient population
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• mature single positive thymocytes are absent
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hematopoietic system
• cellularity of the thymus is 40% of wild-type reflecting diminished double-positive and single-positive thymocyte populations
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• calcium flux upon activation of double-positive thymocytes is severely diminished compared to controls
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• number of double-positive thymocytes is reduced by about 40%
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• thymocytes are arrested at the double-positive stage
• the few single-positive CD8+ T cells present express heat-stable antigen and are considered an immature, transient population
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• mature single positive thymocytes are absent
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• cellularity of the thymus is 40% of wild-type reflecting diminished double-positive and single-positive thymocyte populations
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• calcium flux upon activation of double-positive thymocytes is severely diminished compared to controls
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