mortality/aging
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• homozygotes die by 3 weeks of age
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hematopoietic system
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• numbers begin to decrease within a few days of birth
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• by day 10 an almost exclusively single positive population of cells
• significant numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ cells in bone marrow
• peripheral splenic T cells are morphologically large blasting cells
• T-cells proliferate in response to Il-2 alone
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• dramatically reduced numbers of B cells in the spleen
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immune system
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• numbers begin to decrease within a few days of birth
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• by day 10 an almost exclusively single positive population of cells
• significant numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ cells in bone marrow
• peripheral splenic T cells are morphologically large blasting cells
• T-cells proliferate in response to Il-2 alone
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• dramatically reduced numbers of B cells in the spleen
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• IFN gamma levels in serum are increased
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endocrine/exocrine glands
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• numbers begin to decrease within a few days of birth
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