digestive/alimentary system
• decrease in proliferation of the colonic mucosa compared to wild-type
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• decrease in number of enterochromaffin-like cells
cells
• atrophy of the oxyntic mucosa, resulting in decreased thickness, particularly in the basal and pit regions
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• decrease in number of chief cells
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• 35% decrease in number of parietal cells
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• increase in the number of mucous neck cells with an expansion into the basal region of the fundic glands
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• basal gastric pH in fasted mutants is higher than in controls, indicating a decrease in gastric acid production
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• decrease in number of chief cells
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• 35% decrease in number of parietal cells
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• increase in the number of mucous neck cells with an expansion into the basal region of the fundic glands
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