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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:7280898
Allelic
Composition
Krt18tm1Tmm/Krt18tm1Tmm
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd
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Mouse lines carrying:
Krt18tm1Tmm mutation (2 available); any Krt18 mutation (28 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
liver/biliary system
• focal hemorrhagic parenchymal necrosis
• apoptotic bodies are more frequent in livers of male mice
• mild lobular inflammatory activity with foci of mononuclear cells
• mild portal mononuclear cell infiltrate surrounding interlobular bile ducts
• 17-20-month-old mice develop liver lesions resembling steatohepatitis
• however, no liver fibrosis is seen
• focal necrosis of hepatocytes
• focal hemorrhagic parenchymal necrosis, surrounded and penetrated by neutrophils
• aged mice exhibit hepatocyte anisocytosis and anisokaryosis
• hepatocytes show cleared-out cytoplasm in aged mice
• mice sow disseminated single hepatocytes containing erythrocytes, as well as syncytial parenchymal areas with nuclear crowding
• Mallory-Denk bodies (MDBs) appear as irregularly shaped dense eosinophilic cytoplasmic clumps and granules in ballooned hepatocytes, predominantly in perivenular position
• mild to moderate liver steatosis in the majority of mice; fatty change as multiple small and medium-sized cytoplasmic vesicles with gradual coalescence to larger vesicles toward the lobular periphery
• rarely, MDB-containing hepatocytes are surrounded by neutrophils and mononuclear cells
• approximately 80% of male and 35% of females develop liver tumors, with mice developing multiple tumors; distinct non-encapsulated nodules with expanding growth leading to compression of the surrounding parenchyma, and irregular arrangement and morphology of tumor cells
• pleomorphic tumors are more frequent than monomorphic and more prevalent in males than females
• tumors in aged mice closely resemble human hepatocellular carcinoma in their genetic profile

neoplasm
• approximately 80% of male and 35% of females develop liver tumors, with mice developing multiple tumors; distinct non-encapsulated nodules with expanding growth leading to compression of the surrounding parenchyma, and irregular arrangement and morphology of tumor cells
• pleomorphic tumors are more frequent than monomorphic and more prevalent in males than females
• tumors in aged mice closely resemble human hepatocellular carcinoma in their genetic profile

cellular
• apoptotic bodies are more frequent in livers of male mice
• focal necrosis of hepatocytes
• mice show chromosomal instability in liver at 12 months of age, before tumor formation

immune system
• mild lobular inflammatory activity with foci of mononuclear cells
• mild portal mononuclear cell infiltrate surrounding interlobular bile ducts

cardiovascular system
• focal hemorrhagic parenchymal necrosis


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last database update
04/30/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory