mortality/aging
• death within 2-3 weeks after a 3 day series of tamoxifen injections
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homeostasis/metabolism
steatorrhea
(
J:206568
)
• treated mice fail to properly absorb lipids
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• mice treated with tamoxifen develop a reduced body temperature
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• death within 2-3 weeks after a 3 day series of tamoxifen injections
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growth/size/body
• mice treated with tamoxifen become runted
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• mice given three injected doses of tamoxifen start to lose weight about 8 days after the start of injections
• blood glucose and energy expenditure remain normal
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behavior/neurological
digestive/alimentary system
• pancreas is diffusely dark red and soft at 8 days after treatment
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• weight is about 1/2 control pancreas weight
• dramatic morphological degeneration
• reduced eosinophilic secretory zymogen granules
• increased basophilia marked anisokaryosis and binucleate cells mild pancreatitis
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steatorrhea
(
J:206568
)
• treated mice fail to properly absorb lipids
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• alpha amylase and lipase levels significantly reduced
• activities reduced 60-80%
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• 3-4 fold increase in TUNEL positive cells in the pancreas
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• pancreas is diffusely dark red and soft at 8 days after treatment
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• weight is about 1/2 control pancreas weight
• dramatic morphological degeneration
• reduced eosinophilic secretory zymogen granules
• increased basophilia marked anisokaryosis and binucleate cells mild pancreatitis
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• alpha amylase and lipase levels significantly reduced
• activities reduced 60-80%
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cellular
• secretory zymogen granules are significantly reduced in size
• ratio of polysomes to monosomes is reduced by 50% after treatment
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• extensively swollen and fragmented in pancreatic cells
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• increased death of pancreatic exocrine cells by day 13 after tamoxifen injection
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• 3-4 fold increase in TUNEL positive cells in the pancreas
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