mortality/aging
• all pups die shortly after birth
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respiratory system
• expression analysis indicates a defect in alveolar cell maturation
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• at E19.5 lungs are more elaborately compartmentalized into smaller alveolar lumens and display a significant increase in the total number of alveolar compartments and decrease in the total area of alveolar compartments
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• thinner at E19.5
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• abnormal distribution of surfactant protein A
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cellular
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• membrane trafficking and autophagy are normal in MEFs
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