mortality/aging
• viable at birth but born in slightly reduced numbers
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digestive/alimentary system
• profound thickening of the antral stomach at 4 months of age or older
• 50% of mice develop polypoid hyperplasia of the antrum within 1.5 years of life
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• antral secretory granules are reduced in mucous gland cells
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• expanded zone of proliferating epithelial cells
• dilated, elongated, and tortuous foveolae
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• leukocyte infiltrates sometimes seen in the duodenal submucosa
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• moderate to severe antral inflammation in 90% of mice by 4 months of age
• inflammation always present when antral hyperplasia is present
• formation of submucosal lymphoid follicles sometimes in older animals
• inflammation usually absent in gastric corpus when antral hyperplasia is absent
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immune system
• leukocyte infiltrates sometimes seen in the duodenal submucosa
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• moderate to severe antral inflammation in 90% of mice by 4 months of age
• inflammation always present when antral hyperplasia is present
• formation of submucosal lymphoid follicles sometimes in older animals
• inflammation usually absent in gastric corpus when antral hyperplasia is absent
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