immune system
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• mice exhibit normal numbers of B and T cells, with an appropriate ratio of CD4+ and CD8+ cells; these cells lack activation markers
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• less than half of 5- to 7-month-old mice analyzed exhibit a relatively mild lymphocytic infiltration of salivary glands
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• mice do not express AIRE-responsive genes in the thymus; protein levels of HEXIM1 (hexamethylene bis-acetamide inducible 1) and CDK9 (cyclin dependent kinase 9) are reduced in the thymus
• primary medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) show significantly lower mRNA levels of Mucl2 (mucin-like 2; aka Spt1, salivary protein 1) and Ins2 (insulin II) than wild-type mTECs
• however, mRNA levels of Aire [autoimmune regulator (autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy)] are normal in mTECs
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• less than half of 5- to 7-month-old mice analyzed exhibit a relatively mild lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal glands
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• mice exhibit lymphocytic infiltration in endocrine organs, resembling the autoimmune phenotypes seen in Airetm1.1Doi homozygotes
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• less than half of 5- to 7-month-old mice analyzed exhibit a relatively mild lymphocytic infiltration of salivary glands
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• mice do not express AIRE-responsive genes in the thymus; protein levels of HEXIM1 (hexamethylene bis-acetamide inducible 1) and CDK9 (cyclin dependent kinase 9) are reduced in the thymus
• primary medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) show significantly lower mRNA levels of Mucl2 (mucin-like 2; aka Spt1, salivary protein 1) and Ins2 (insulin II) than wild-type mTECs
• however, mRNA levels of Aire [autoimmune regulator (autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy)] are normal in mTECs
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• less than half of 5- to 7-month-old mice analyzed exhibit a relatively mild lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal glands
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hematopoietic system
• mice do not express AIRE-responsive genes in the thymus; protein levels of HEXIM1 (hexamethylene bis-acetamide inducible 1) and CDK9 (cyclin dependent kinase 9) are reduced in the thymus
• primary medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs) show significantly lower mRNA levels of Mucl2 (mucin-like 2; aka Spt1, salivary protein 1) and Ins2 (insulin II) than wild-type mTECs
• however, mRNA levels of Aire [autoimmune regulator (autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy)] are normal in mTECs
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digestive/alimentary system
• less than half of 5- to 7-month-old mice analyzed exhibit a relatively mild lymphocytic infiltration of salivary glands
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vision/eye
• less than half of 5- to 7-month-old mice analyzed exhibit a relatively mild lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal glands
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