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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:increased wet-to-dry lung weight ratio
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Accession:MP:0011163 term browser browse the term
Definition:an increase in the ratio of wet lung weight (measured immediately after lung excision) to oven-dried lung weight relative to control samples; may reflect an inability to expel remaining amniotic fluid out of the lungs during or shortly after birth, or increased fluid accumulation (pulmonary edema) and/or tissue damage after lung injury
Synonyms:exact_synonym: increased wet lung weight



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  mammalian phenotype 5420
    respiratory system phenotype 47
      abnormal respiratory system morphology 33
        abnormal lung morphology 26
          abnormal lung size 7
            abnormal lung weight 5
              abnormal wet-to-dry lung weight ratio 0
                increased wet-to-dry lung weight ratio 0
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