cellular
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• ependymal cells and mouse tracheal epithelial cells (mTECs) cultured in vitro show no significant change in the number of CEP164-stained basal bodies formed in mature multiciliated cells
• TEM analysis of fully differentiated cultured ependymal cells shows that >95% of mature basal bodies (centrioles) show a normal cylindrical structure, similar to wild-type cells
• high resolution TEM on transversally sectioned basal bodies and cilia shows no increase in 9-fold symmetry defects of basal bodies or in the % of cilia with structural defects in fully differentiated ependymal cells
• both mature basal body (centriole) length and ciliary beat frequency are normal in fully differentiated ependymal cells
• in vivo, average cilia length formed in mTECs is normal
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• in vitro, serial TEM analysis of differentiating brain ependymal cells in the growth stage shows no cytoplasmic procentrioles growing from deuterosomes, indicating absence of deuterostomes; instead, singlets, doublets, and groups of procentrioles are observed in the cytoplasm
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growth/size/body
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IMPC - UCD
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hematopoietic system
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IMPC - UCD
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IMPC - UCD
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IMPC - UCD
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homeostasis/metabolism
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IMPC - UCD
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IMPC - UCD
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nervous system
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• at 5 months of age, mice show normal brain histology and no evidence of hydrocephalus
• adult brains show no significant change in the number of foci stained with CEP164 (centrosomal protein 164; a basal body marker) in ependymal cells
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respiratory system
| N |
• SEM analysis of adult tracheas shows no significant differences in the tracheal multiciliated epithelium relative to wild-type mice; in vivo, average cilia length formed in mTECs is normal
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