digestive/alimentary system
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• acini are replaced by primitive ductular structures harboring transitional cells, characterized by ductal morphology but containing zymogen granules
• tubular complexes resulting from dedifferentiation of acini into ductal structures are present in severely affected pancreatic lobules with increasing age
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• pancreas exhibits adipose replacement of acini in the exocrine pancreas
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• 21% of 14 month or older mutants exhibit eosinophilic foci of acinar cells, indicating focal hyperplasia
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• pancreas shows ductular transformation
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• increase in the proportion of proliferating acinar cells in the pancreas at 6 weeks and 8 months of age
• however, aberrant ductular epithelial cells in the pancreas do not show evidence of increased proliferative activity
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endocrine/exocrine glands
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• pancreas is lighter in color at 5 months of age
• pancreas shows neo-angiogenesis
• expansion of the extracellular matrix in the pancreas of 8 month old mice
• however, islets of Langerhans are normal
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• acini are replaced by primitive ductular structures harboring transitional cells, characterized by ductal morphology but containing zymogen granules
• tubular complexes resulting from dedifferentiation of acini into ductal structures are present in severely affected pancreatic lobules with increasing age
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• pancreas exhibits adipose replacement of acini in the exocrine pancreas
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• 21% of 14 month or older mutants exhibit eosinophilic foci of acinar cells, indicating focal hyperplasia
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• pancreas shows ductular transformation
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• relative pancreatic weight is decreased at 8 months of age
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• inter- and intralobular fibrosis develops by 5 months of age and increases progressively
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• acino-ductal metaplasia is seen in some young mice and are frequently seen in older mice, often transforming entire lobules
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• large numbers of apoptotic cells are seen in the pancreas of 6 week old mice
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• increase in the proportion of proliferating acinar cells in the pancreas at 6 weeks and 8 months of age
• however, aberrant ductular epithelial cells in the pancreas do not show evidence of increased proliferative activity
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• increase in macrophage infiltration in the pancreas
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immune system
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• increase in macrophage infiltration in the pancreas
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