respiratory system
• female, but not male, mice exhibit increased distal air spaces compared with wild-type mice
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• female, but not male, mice exhibit decreased lung parenchyma density with increased low-attenuation area compared with wild-type mice
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• in female, but not male, mice at 8 months
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• in female, but not male, mice at 3 and 8 months
• however, measurements at 6 months were not significance
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• increased expiratory reserve volume in female, but not male, mice at 3 and 6 months compared with wild-type mice
• increased hysteresis in female, but not male, mice at 8 months compared with wild-type mice
• however, mice exhibit normal functional residual capacity, vital capacity, volume od dead space, alveolar capillary gas exchange, and resistance
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• increased dynamic and static compliance in female, but not male, mice at 8 months compared with wild-type mice
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