homeostasis/metabolism
• serum shows higher enzyme activities of all tested lysosomal enzymes including alpha-mannosidase, beta-hexosaminidase, alpha-L-fucosidase, and beta-galactosidase
• however, mice do not show obvious clinical symptoms observed in humans with TMEM251 mutations
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cellular
• mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) show morphological changes in lysosomes including accumulation of electron dense material in the cytoplasm indicating storage materials in lysosomes
• MEFs show more numerous and larger lysosomes, however cell area is not altered
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immune system
• MEFs are resistant to infection by a GFP-encoding vesicular stomatitis virus pseudotyped with the Ebola virus glycoprotein (VSV-EBOV-GP)
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