growth/size/body
• mice are smaller at 4 weeks and 3 months of age
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integument
• mice exhibit convolution at the dermal-epidermal junction
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thick skin
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J:266801
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• mice show an increase in skin thickness
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muscle
• muscle cells have enlarged abnormal mitochondria, suggesting muscle damage and/or remodeling
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• skeletal muscle myofibers are smaller
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• skeletal muscle has increased number of myofibers and increased nuclei
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• 4 week old mice show increased skeletal muscle mass
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skeleton
• growth plate shows a normal structure but has shorter resting zone and expanded hypertrophic zone, indicative of altered bone development
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• cell proliferation within the proliferative zone of the growth plate is increased in 3 week old mice
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• long bones are 6-10% shorter
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vision/eye
• the ciliary body is disrupted, with changes in the number and shape of the ciliary processes and a reduction in the area of the ciliary apparatus
• the ciliary body is smaller and has fewer ciliary processes
• the ciliary body seems to be joined to, or is closer to, the retina
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• the ciliary body has fewer ciliary processes and shows changes in the shape of the ciliary processes
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• ciliary zonule is altered, with mice having more microfibril bundles in the ciliary zonule adjacent to the ciliary body
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
Weill-Marchesani syndrome | DOID:0050475 |
OMIM:277600 OMIM:608328 OMIM:613195 OMIM:614819 OMIM:PS277600 |
J:266801 |