homeostasis/metabolism
• mice are hypersensitive to gemcitabine and rapidly reach humane endpoints for euthanasia
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• mice are hypersensitive to gemcitabine, an antimetabolite chemotherapy drug, showing more than 20% weight loss and diarrhea, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia, with highly reduced myeloid and lymphoid cells within the bone marrow and rapidly reach humane endpoints for euthanasia
• however, untreated mice exhibit no physical or health abnormalities
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hematopoietic system
N |
• mice exhibit normal blood leukocyte populations
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mortality/aging
• mice are hypersensitive to gemcitabine and rapidly reach humane endpoints for euthanasia
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reproductive system
N |
• mice exhibit normal fertility
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