mortality/aging
• start to die around 5 weeks of age, 2/3 are dead by 30 weeks
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cardiovascular system
• massively enlarged hearts at death
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• thin right venricular wall
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• both ventricles dilated to about 2X normal diameter
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• sporadic fibrosis and scar formation
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• impaired pump function of the heart
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• reduced movement of the ventricular walls and interventricular septum
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immune system
• higher titers of autoantibodies (IgG1)
• deposition of IgG and C3 complement around cardiomyocytes
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liver/biliary system
• varying degrees of hepatomegaly
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muscle
• reduced movement of the ventricular walls and interventricular septum
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vision/eye
exophthalmos
(
J:66979
)
• protrusion of eyeballs occurs a few weeks before death
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growth/size/body
• massively enlarged hearts at death
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• varying degrees of hepatomegaly
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
dilated cardiomyopathy | DOID:12930 |
OMIM:PS115200 |
J:66979 |