growth/size/body
• starting at 4 months of age, pinnae shrink with slow progression
• with age, the ear margins show redness and thickening
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• at 10 and 15 weeks of age
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• nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver
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• females exhibit splenomegaly
• however, architecture of the white pulp and cell composition appear normal and show normal T cell, B cell and macrophage frequencies
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cardiovascular system
• livers show prominent vessels and increased vascularization at 4-12 months of age
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• sinusoidal dilatation
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craniofacial
• starting at 4 months of age, pinnae shrink with slow progression
• with age, the ear margins show redness and thickening
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hearing/vestibular/ear
• starting at 4 months of age, pinnae shrink with slow progression
• with age, the ear margins show redness and thickening
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• ear cartilage is destroyed by inflammatory cells in advanced lesions
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hematopoietic system
• females exhibit splenomegaly
• however, architecture of the white pulp and cell composition appear normal and show normal T cell, B cell and macrophage frequencies
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• microcytic, erythropenic anemia with increased anisocytosis and reticulocyte proportion
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• 50% and 75% loss of megakaryoctyes in the spleen red pulp of females and males, respectively
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• increase in red blood cell counts at 4.5 and 6 months of age
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anisocytosis
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• anisocytosis is seen at 4.5 and 6 months of age
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• older mutants exhibit thrombocytopenia which is associated with increased platelet distribution width
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• increase in the number of Russell bodies (large cytoplasmic eosiniophilic globules containing immunoglobulin inclusions) in females
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• slight increase in the number of plasma cells
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• females show significant elevations in IgA, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgM and a tendency towards increased IgG3 and IgE levels
• males show significant elevations in IgG1, IgG2a, and IgM and a tendency towards increased levels of IgA, IgG3, and IgE
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• significant elevation in females and a tendency towards increased levels in males
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• significant elevations in both males and females
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• significant elevations in both males and females
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• significant elevations in both males and females
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immune system
• females exhibit splenomegaly
• however, architecture of the white pulp and cell composition appear normal and show normal T cell, B cell and macrophage frequencies
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• ear cartilage is destroyed by inflammatory cells in advanced lesions
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• increase in the number of Russell bodies (large cytoplasmic eosiniophilic globules containing immunoglobulin inclusions) in females
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• slight increase in the number of plasma cells
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• females show significant elevations in IgA, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgM and a tendency towards increased IgG3 and IgE levels
• males show significant elevations in IgG1, IgG2a, and IgM and a tendency towards increased levels of IgA, IgG3, and IgE
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• significant elevation in females and a tendency towards increased levels in males
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• significant elevations in both males and females
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• significant elevations in both males and females
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• significant elevations in both males and females
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• presence of anti-DNA autoantibodies
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• 60% of mutants at 8 months of age show mononuclear cell infiltration in the dermis
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integument
• 60% of mutants at 8 months of age show mononuclear cell infiltration in the dermis
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• females, but not males, develop alopecia on the neck and head, with external signs of inflammation in some mutants
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• dermis shows thickening of connective tissue, increase in granulation tissue, and mononuclear cell infiltration
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skin lesions
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• skin lesions of the upper dorsal region and of the ears show inflammatory infiltrate (predominately neutrophils) in the epidermis with hyperkeratosis and acantosis
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limbs/digits/tail
• redness and thickening of tails is seen after 8 months of age in some mutants
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liver/biliary system
• livers of 74% of mutants show irregular margins, prominent vessels and increased vascularization at 4 months of age and by 12 months, 90% of mutants show these changes
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• livers show prominent vessels and increased vascularization at 4-12 months of age
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• sinusoidal dilatation
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• nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver
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• hyperplastic hepatocytes surrounded by atrophic hepatocytes in the adjacent parenchyma
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• lesions resemble nodular regenerative hyperplasia
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homeostasis/metabolism
• plasma creatinine is increased in males at 12 weeks of age, but decreased in females at 36 weeks of age, and decreased in both males and females at 52 weeks of age
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• plasma uric acid is elevated at 3 months of age in both males and females but only in females at 6 months of age
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hypoglycemia
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• from 6 months of age on
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• parathyroid hormone plasma concentrations are lower in 12 week old mice
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• only males exhibit hypercalcemia at 12 and 24 weeks of age
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• hypophosphatemia is seen at 12, 24, 36, and 52 weeks of age
• however mutants exhibit normal phosphate, calcium and creatinine urine excretion
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• plasma albumin levels are decreased in females at 52 weeks of age
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• females show a decreases in total protein in plasma at 12 weeks of age and males at 24 weeks of age
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• decrease in urea at 3 months of age, although this improves with age
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renal/urinary system
• decrease in urea at 3 months of age, although this improves with age
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• thickening of mesangium in some glomeruli
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skeleton
• osteopenic bones
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• in cortical bone, periosteal volume, cortical bone volume, and cross-sectional thickness are decreased and endosteal volume is increased
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• decrease in trabecular density, trabecular content, bone volume:tissue ratio, trabecular bone surface, and trabecular number for trabecular bone
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• mutants at 12 months of age show loss of almost all metaphyseal and diaphyseal trabeculae
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• mutants show increased values of collagen type I fragments generated during osteoclastic bone resorption
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
systemic lupus erythematosus | DOID:9074 |
OMIM:152700 OMIM:300809 OMIM:605480 OMIM:608437 OMIM:609903 OMIM:609939 OMIM:610065 OMIM:610066 OMIM:612254 OMIM:612378 OMIM:613145 OMIM:614420 |
J:199153 |