mortality/aging
• mice start to die after 2 months of age, with an approximate 40% survival at 8 months of age
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cardiovascular system
• cardiac lipid accumulation
• hearts show disarray of mitochondria, a decrease in the number of mitochondria, and impaired activity of mitochondrial complex II
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• increase heart weight-to-body weight ratios
• increase in heart weight is caused by atrial thrombi
• however, ventricle weight is not altered
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• hearts show increased expression of cardiac hypertrophy markers at 12 and 20 months of age but not a 4 weeks of age
• hearts of 12 week old mice show a hypertrophic phenotype, indicating that concentric hypertrophy transiently proceeds prior to dilated cardiomyopathy
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• cardiac dilatation
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• hearts show features of dilated cardiomyopathy, including enlarged ventricular cavities with thin walls and reactive myocardial fibrosis
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• diminished ejection fraction and fractional shortening
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• echocardiography indicates severe dilatation of the left ventricle, decreased contractility without alteration in heart rate, diminished ejection fraction and fractional shortening, and enlarged left ventricular end-systolic dimensions and end-diastolic dimensions at 4 months of age
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cellular
• hearts show a decrease in the number of mitochondria
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homeostasis/metabolism
• atrial thrombi
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• cardiac lipid accumulation
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muscle
• hearts show features of dilated cardiomyopathy, including enlarged ventricular cavities with thin walls and reactive myocardial fibrosis
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• diminished ejection fraction and fractional shortening
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• disarray of sarcomeres in hearts
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growth/size/body
• increase heart weight-to-body weight ratios
• increase in heart weight is caused by atrial thrombi
• however, ventricle weight is not altered
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• hearts show increased expression of cardiac hypertrophy markers at 12 and 20 months of age but not a 4 weeks of age
• hearts of 12 week old mice show a hypertrophic phenotype, indicating that concentric hypertrophy transiently proceeds prior to dilated cardiomyopathy
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
dilated cardiomyopathy | DOID:12930 |
OMIM:PS115200 |
J:269856 |