hematopoietic system
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• expression analysis indicates a defect in the maturation of both medullary and cortical epithelial cells
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• limited thymic epithelial architecture quickly deteriorates in postnatal mice with discrete cortical and medullary structures no longer seen at 3 weeks of age
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• expression analysis indicates impaired proliferation of developing epithelial cells
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• the double negative population is over-represented and composed primarily of B220+ B lineage cells instead of T lineage precursors
• however, the absolute number of B lineage cells in the thymus is similar to controls
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• the T cell compartment in the periphery is never fully established in adult mice
• the CD3+ population in the spleen is small
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• markedly reduced in proportion in the thymus at 3 weeks of age
• barely detectable at 6 weeks of age
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immune system
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• expression analysis indicates a defect in the maturation of both medullary and cortical epithelial cells
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• limited thymic epithelial architecture quickly deteriorates in postnatal mice with discrete cortical and medullary structures no longer seen at 3 weeks of age
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• expression analysis indicates impaired proliferation of developing epithelial cells
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• the double negative population is over-represented and composed primarily of B220+ B lineage cells instead of T lineage precursors
• however, the absolute number of B lineage cells in the thymus is similar to controls
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• markedly reduced in proportion in the thymus at 3 weeks of age
• barely detectable at 6 weeks of age
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• the T cell compartment in the periphery is never fully established in adult mice
• the CD3+ population in the spleen is small
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endocrine/exocrine glands
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• expression analysis indicates a defect in the maturation of both medullary and cortical epithelial cells
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• limited thymic epithelial architecture quickly deteriorates in postnatal mice with discrete cortical and medullary structures no longer seen at 3 weeks of age
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• expression analysis indicates impaired proliferation of developing epithelial cells
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