hematopoietic system
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• levels of granzyme B and perforin are enhanced in NK cells
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• mice show increased NK-cell numbers in blood, spleen, and bone marrow
• an expansion of NK cells is already detectable in the blood as early as 4 weeks of age
• NK cells are the predominantly expanded cell type in the spleen of 5 of 8 diseased mice
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• mice show more mature NK cells in the bone morrow and spleen than controls
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• splenic NK cells show reduced apoptosis ex vivo
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immune system
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• levels of granzyme B and perforin are enhanced in NK cells
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• mice show increased NK-cell numbers in blood, spleen, and bone marrow
• an expansion of NK cells is already detectable in the blood as early as 4 weeks of age
• NK cells are the predominantly expanded cell type in the spleen of 5 of 8 diseased mice
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• mice show more mature NK cells in the bone morrow and spleen than controls
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• splenic NK cells show reduced apoptosis ex vivo
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neoplasm
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• 8 of 24 (approximately 33%) of mice develop NK-cell leukemia within 17 months; mice display an NK-large granular lymphocytic leukemia (NK-LGLL) that progresses to an aggressive leukemia with age, suffer from weight loss, splenomegaly, and expansion of EGFP+ cells in various organs, including spleen, liver, bone marrow, and blood
• NK cells are the predominantly expanded cell type in the spleen of 5 of 8 diseased mice
• transplantation of mutant splenic cells into immunodeficient NOD scid gamma (NSG) recipients, results in initiation of a fast-progressing leukemia in all recipient mice, with weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia and multiple organ infiltration and a leukemia with NK-cell phenotype is seen in about 70% of recipients
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
| aggressive NK-cell leukemia | DOID:1035 | J:350923 | ||


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