digestive/alimentary system
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• differentiation of exocrine lineages is impaired; progenitors remain trapped in an undifferentiated state
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endocrine/exocrine glands
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• differentiation of exocrine lineages is impaired; progenitors remain trapped in an undifferentiated state
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• differentiation of endocrine lineages is impaired; progenitors remain trapped in an undifferentiated state
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• at E15.5, alpha cell numbers are reduced 8-fold
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• at E15.5, beta cell numbers are reduced nearly 100-fold
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• pancreatic epithelium at E17.5 is translucent, cystic and comprised of highly branched, tubular epithelium with few distinct acini
• newborn pancreas exhibits convoluted epithelium in a fibroblastic stroma instead of acinar and islet tissue
• differentiation of exocrine and endocrine progenitor cells is impaired
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