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Dermal dysplasia, hypotrichosis, and dorsal skin ulcers in adult NMRI-mice after X-irradiation in utero. 1980

W Schmahl, and E Senft, and V Erfle, and H Kriegel

Prenatal X-irradiation in mice leads to a marked incidence of hypotrichosis and alopecia in offspring, when irradiation occurs during the stage of late organogenesis (day 11-13 p.c.). In addition, severe ulcerative dermatitis occurs in offspring starting at 2 months of age, with marked preference for those animals, which have been irradiated at least during days 11-13 p.c. This occurs without any dose dependence; application of doses between 2.4 Gy and 7.2 Gy results in approximately similar incidence rates of skin ulcers (range between 39.1 and 48.0%). There is no sex preference and no dependence on housing. At autopsy no special abnormalities were found in the internal organs with the exception of frequent signs of amyloidosis. This disease pattern could also be produced in germ-free animals. The intracutanous administration of skin extracts from affected animals into unirradiated mice leads to a marked infiltration of leukocytes. It is therefore suggested that prenatal X-irradiation induces a distinct dysplasia of the epidermis, which is followed by an endogenous leukotactic activity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007039	Hypotrichosis	Presence of less than the normal amount of hair. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Hypotrichoses
D007962	Leukocytes	White blood cells. These include granular leukocytes (BASOPHILS; EOSINOPHILS; and NEUTROPHILS) as well as non-granular leukocytes (LYMPHOCYTES and MONOCYTES).	Blood Cells, White,Blood Corpuscles, White,White Blood Cells,White Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell, White,Blood Corpuscle, White,Corpuscle, White Blood,Corpuscles, White Blood,Leukocyte,White Blood Cell,White Blood Corpuscle
D008297	Male		Males
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011832	Radiation Injuries	Harmful effects of non-experimental exposure to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation in VERTEBRATES.	Radiation Sickness,Radiation Syndrome,Injuries, Radiation,Injury, Radiation,Radiation Injury,Radiation Sicknesses,Radiation Syndromes,Sickness, Radiation,Sicknesses, Radiation,Syndrome, Radiation,Syndromes, Radiation
D003872	Dermatitis	Any inflammation of the skin.	Dermatitides
D004307	Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation	The relationship between the dose of administered radiation and the response of the organism or tissue to the radiation.	Dose Response Relationship, Radiation,Dose-Response Relationships, Radiation,Radiation Dose-Response Relationship,Radiation Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Radiation Dose-Response,Relationships, Radiation Dose-Response
D005260	Female		Females
D000505	Alopecia	Absence of hair from areas where it is normally present.	Alopecia, Androgenetic,Baldness,Male Pattern Baldness,Pseudopelade,Alopecia Cicatrisata,Alopecia, Male Pattern,Androgenetic Alopecia,Androgenic Alopecia,Baldness, Male Pattern,Female Pattern Baldness,Hair Loss,Pattern Baldness,Alopecia Cicatrisatas,Alopecia, Androgenic,Alopecias, Androgenic,Androgenic Alopecias,Baldness, Female Pattern,Baldness, Pattern,Hair Losses,Loss, Hair,Losses, Hair,Male Pattern Alopecia
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia