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reproductive system
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• homozygous neonates of both sexes exhibit a developmental germ cell defect; however, germ cell depletion is more severe in females
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• newborn mutant ovaries consist of granulosa cells and almost no germ cells
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• newborn mutant testes contain significantly less germ cells
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• at 6-8 weeks of age, mutant ovaries are almost entirely devoid of follicles
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small ovary
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• at 6-8 weeks of age, homozygotes exhibit very small ovaries
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• at 6-8 weeks of age, homozygotes show significant ovarian cortical hypoplasia as well as hyperplasia of the interstitial cells
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• at 2 months, male homozygotes display a mosaic pattern of seminiferous tubules devoid of germ cells and normal tubules
• abnormal tubules that are devoid of mature sperm contain only Sertoli cells
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• at 4 weeks or later, male homozygotes exhibit significantly reduced testicular weights
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• at 6-8 weeks of gae, homozygotes show endometrial atrophy with reduced stroma cellularity
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• female homozygotes display significantly impaired fertility
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• breeding of 2-mo-old female homozygotes with heterozygous males resulted in either no litters at all or only one litter of 1-2 pups
• breeding of 4-mo-old female homozygotes with wild-type males generated only 6 pups in 4 pregnanies, with an average litter size of 1.5 pups, over a 3-mo period
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endocrine/exocrine glands
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• at 6-8 weeks of age, mutant ovaries are almost entirely devoid of follicles
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small ovary
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J:61512
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• at 6-8 weeks of age, homozygotes exhibit very small ovaries
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• at 6-8 weeks of age, homozygotes show significant ovarian cortical hypoplasia as well as hyperplasia of the interstitial cells
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• at 2 months, male homozygotes display a mosaic pattern of seminiferous tubules devoid of germ cells and normal tubules
• abnormal tubules that are devoid of mature sperm contain only Sertoli cells
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• at 4 weeks or later, male homozygotes exhibit significantly reduced testicular weights
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hematopoietic system
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• in vitro, bone marrow cultures established from 6-mo-old homozygotes display significantly reduced CFU-GM and BFU-E colony growth; however, no such differences are noted at 2-4 months
• both mutant clonal progenitors (CFU-GM and BFU-E) are hypersensitive to the mitotic inhibitory effects of IFN-gamma, independent of age
• however, no anemia or abnormal blood parameters are detected in homozygotes up to 9 months of age
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cellular
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• homozygous neonates of both sexes exhibit a developmental germ cell defect; however, germ cell depletion is more severe in females
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• newborn mutant ovaries consist of granulosa cells and almost no germ cells
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• newborn mutant testes contain significantly less germ cells
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• in response to mitomycin C, mutant primary splenocytes accumulate in the G2 phase of the cell cycle, indicating a delay in cell cycle transit
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• mutant skin fibroblasts are hyper-responsive to the clastogenic effect of mitomycin C and DEB, exhibiting chromosome breakage and other cytogenetic abnormalities
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• some mutant skin fibroblast lines even exhibit spontaneous chromosome breakage, without exposure to clastogens
• however, homozygotes appear to remain tumor-free up to one year of age
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
| Fanconi anemia complementation group C | DOID:0111087 |
OMIM:227645 |
J:61512 | |
