Mine Disruption Phenotype

Gene Info

  • Species:Mouse (Mus musculus)
  • GeneID:12370
  • Symbol:Casp8
  • Description:caspase 8
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Gene ID Entry Entry Name Protein Name Type Information
12370 O89110 CASP8_MOUSE Caspase-8 (CASP-8) (EC 3.4.22.61) [Cleaved into: Caspase-8 subunit p18; Caspase-8 subunit p10] DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE Embryonic lethality at lethality at 10.5 dpc (PubMed:9729047). Embryos display impaired heart muscle development and congested accumulation of erythrocytes (PubMed:9729047). Perinatal lethality observed in Ripk1 knockout mice is rescued in knockout mice lacking both Ripk1 and Casp8; mice however die the first days of postnatal life (PubMed:24813849). Only mice lacking Ripk1, Ripk3 and Casp8 survive past weaning and rescue lethality caused by the absence of Ripk1 (PubMed:24813849, PubMed:24813850). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24813849, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24813850, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9729047}.