mortality/aging
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• no live progeny are obtained, however normal number of fetuses are obtained at E18.5
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respiratory system
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• lungs at E18.5 show arrested lung morphogenesis in late sacculation
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• E18.5 lungs show disrupted saccules containing poorly differentiated epithelium harboring ultrastructural changes
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• E18.5 lungs show a reduction in aquaporin 5, suggesting disruption of alveolar type II/ alveolar type I homeostasis
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