vision/eye
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• mice exhibit normal corneal development and show no apparent changes in retinal organization at P0 and P10
• retinal angiogenesis appears unaffected
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• at P10, the number of apoptotic cells in the retinal inner nuclear layer (INL) is reduced relative to that in wild-type controls, leading to a transient increase in INL cell number at P15
• however, by P15, apoptosis is almost completely absent in the INL, as in wild-type retinas
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• mice show a transient increase in retinal INL thickness at P15, no longer present at P30
• INL thickness is reduced by only 9% versus 40% in wild-type retina between P10 and P15
• cell nuclei number is increased by 25% in the INL at P15
• ERK activity is increased in the INL at P30, indicating upregulation of the ERK survival pathway
• however, no difference is noted at the level of the outer nuclear layer (ONL)
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cellular
• at P10, the number of apoptotic cells in the retinal inner nuclear layer (INL) is reduced relative to that in wild-type controls, leading to a transient increase in INL cell number at P15
• however, by P15, apoptosis is almost completely absent in the INL, as in wild-type retinas
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neoplasm
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• mice are macroscopically normal and show no predisposition to spontaneous tumor development
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