homeostasis/metabolism
• when fed a high-fat diet for 2 to 3 months, mice exhibit improved glucose tolerance compared with similarly treated wild-type mice
• however, glucose tolerance after 4 or 8 months on a high fat diet is the same as in similarly treated wild-type mice
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• after 3 and 4 months on a high-fat diet, mice exhibit increased insulin sensitivity compared with similarly treated wild-type mice
• however, after 8 months on a high-fat diet mice exhibit normal insulin sensitivity
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adipose tissue
• 21% larger than in wild-type mice when fed a high-fat diet for 8 months
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