cellular
• stromal cells in vitro show increased adhesion to both fibronectin and laminin, but not to vitronectin, or collagen I or IV
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homeostasis/metabolism
• stromal cells exhibit elevated MMP-9 activity
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• mice exhibit an increase in rate of wound closure from days 5 to 7 such that by day 6 and 7, respectively, the wound gap is decreased to 46% and 28% of the starting wound gap compared with a decrease to 62% and 46% of the starting gap in heterozygous controls
• wounds show an elevation and more heterogeneity in macrophage recruitment than in controls
• stromal cells in vitro exhibit increased migration and wound closure in wounding scratch assays in cultures
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immune system
• mice infected with influenza A exhibit lower viral titers in lung tissue at 4 days post-infection than controls and an elevation in macrophage recruitment to the lungs at 7-days post-infection, as well as increased deposition of osteopontin, a macrophage chemokine
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vision/eye
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• mice do not exhibit overt physiological retinal function abnormalities
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