growth/size/body
• mild
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• 15-20 fold increase in spleen weight
• expanded erythroid and myeloid cells in spleen
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• ENU treatment at 4 and 20 weeks weeks results in T-cell lymphomas in 53% of mice compared to 26% of controls treated at 3 weeks and 10% of controls treated at 20 weeks
• mice with lymphomas do not develop myeloproliferative disease
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liver/biliary system
N |
• ethanol feeding does not induce liver steatosis
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• slightly elevated liver triglycerides with ethanol feeding
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• liver weight/body weight ratio does not increase with ethanol feeding as happens with controls
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• hepatocellular proliferation after partial hepatectomy normal for first 36 hours
• proliferation is significantly reduced at 48 hours
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cellular
• mitosis impaired between metaphase and anaphase
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• lower frequency of mitosis in the liver 48 hours after hepatectomy
• frequency of mitosis in the liver remains more or less constant from 48 to 72 hours after hepatectomy
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neoplasm
• ENU treatment at 4 and 20 weeks weeks results in T-cell lymphomas in 53% of mice compared to 26% of controls treated at 3 weeks and 10% of controls treated at 20 weeks
• mice with lymphomas do not develop myeloproliferative disease
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• ENU treatment at 4 and 20 weeks weeks results in T-cell lymphomas in 53% of mice compared to 26% of controls treated at 3 weeks and 10% of controls treated at 20 weeks
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• skin tumors induced by treatment with DMBA and TPA appear to be papillomas
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• mice treated with the mutagen DMBA and tumor promoter TPA develop skin tumors around 8 weeks rather than 12.5 weeks as in controls
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homeostasis/metabolism
• serum alanine aminotransferase is not increased by ethanol feeding whereas levels increase 2 fold in controls
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• slightly elevated liver triglycerides with ethanol feeding
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• TNF alpha levels remain constant with ethanol feeding whereas they increase 20 fold in controls
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• liver weight/body weight ratio does not increase with ethanol feeding as happens with controls
• serum alanine aminotransferase is not increased by ethanol feeding whereas levels increase 2 fold in controls
• TNF alpha levels remain constant with ethanol feeding whereas they increase 20 fold in controls
• no effect of ethanol diet on LPS sensitivity
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• ENU treatment at 4 and 20 weeks weeks results in T-cell lymphomas in 53% of mice compared to 26% of controls treated at 3 weeks and 10% of controls treated at 20 weeks
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• infarcts are much smaller in total area after temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion
• neurological deficits are mild
• less edema than in controls
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• reduced rate of wound healing
• less collagen deposition
• fewer alpha smooth muscle cell positive myofibroblasts
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hematopoietic system
• ENU treatment at 4 and 20 weeks weeks results in T-cell lymphomas in 53% of mice compared to 26% of controls treated at 3 weeks and 10% of controls treated at 20 weeks
• mice with lymphomas do not develop myeloproliferative disease
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• 15-20 fold increase in spleen weight
• expanded erythroid and myeloid cells in spleen
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• ineffective erythropoiesis in bone marrow and spleen
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• two fold increase in hematopoietic stem cells in the S/G2-M phase of the cell cycle
• no buildup of stem cells in the bone marrow
• level of circulating hematopoietic stem cells is dramatically increased
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• dysplastic neutrophils in bone marrow and spleen
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• mildly elevated
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• elevated numbers of activated microglial cells an macrophage but fewer than in controls
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immune system
N |
• no effect of ethanol diet on LPS sensitivity
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• ENU treatment at 4 and 20 weeks weeks results in T-cell lymphomas in 53% of mice compared to 26% of controls treated at 3 weeks and 10% of controls treated at 20 weeks
• mice with lymphomas do not develop myeloproliferative disease
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• 15-20 fold increase in spleen weight
• expanded erythroid and myeloid cells in spleen
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• dysplastic neutrophils in bone marrow and spleen
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• mildly elevated
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• elevated numbers of activated microglial cells an macrophage but fewer than in controls
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• TNF alpha levels remain constant with ethanol feeding whereas they increase 20 fold in controls
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• lower inflammatory response to four daily subcutaneous bleomycin injections
• lower inflammatory response to a single subcutaneous TGF beta injection
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respiratory system
N |
• bleomycin induced lung pathologies are attenuated
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• number and size of subpleural and interstitial fibrotic foci is reduced
• diminished collagen accumulation
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• reduced
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vision/eye
• smaller radius of curvature at 40 days of age than in controls
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• deeper anterior chamber of the eye at 56 days of age
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• longer eyes (axial eye length) than controls at 42 days of age
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• reduced refraction relative to controls
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nervous system
• elevated numbers of activated microglial cells an macrophage but fewer than in controls
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• infarcts are much smaller in total area after temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion
• neurological deficits are mild
• less edema than in controls
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integument
• bleomycin induced dermal thickening more modest than in controls
• less sclerotic than controls
• less collagen accumulation
• reduced accumulation of alpha-smooth musclew actin myofibroblasts
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• skin tumors induced by treatment with DMBA and TPA appear to be papillomas
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
myelodysplastic syndrome | DOID:0050908 |
OMIM:614286 |
J:123870 |