mortality/aging
• homozygotes exhibit increased resistance to Salmonella infection with an oral S. typhimurium 50% lethal dose (LD50) that is 1,000-fold higher than that of wild-type mice
• following oral infection with an oral dose of S. typhimurium that is 100-fold higher than the LD50 in homozygotes, death occurs about 4 days later relative to wild-type mice
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immune system
• following oral infection, Salmonella breachs the M cell barrier of mutant mice efficiently; however, homozygotes show a significant reduction in the number of intracellular bacteria and the recruitment of polymorphonuclear lymphocytes in Peyer's patches relative to wild-type mice
• in vitro, mutant macrophages are not inherently different in their capacity to kill Salmonella relative to wild-type-derived macrophages
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• following oral infection, Salmonella fails disseminate systemically with significantly reduced colonization in the Peyer's patches, mesenteric lymph nodes, and spleens after an oral dose of S. typhimurium that is 100-fold higher than the LD50; in homozygotes, death occurs about 4 days later relative to wild-type mice
• notably, homozygotes and wild-type mice are equally susceptible to intraperitoneally injected Salmonella (100 SL1344 bacteria), exhibiting comparable spleen colonization and mortality
• in addition, homozygotes and wild-type are equally susceptible to colonization by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, another enteric pathogen that normally invades the Peyer's patches
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• homozygotes exhibit increased resistance to Salmonella infection with an oral S. typhimurium 50% lethal dose (LD50) that is 1,000-fold higher than that of wild-type mice
• following oral infection with an oral dose of S. typhimurium that is 100-fold higher than the LD50 in homozygotes, death occurs about 4 days later relative to wild-type mice
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cellular
• after an oral dose of S. typhimurium that is 100-fold higher than the LD50, homozygotes show significantly less apoptotic cells in Peyer's patches (PP); in contrast, increased apoptosis in wild-type PP correlates with colonization
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