growth/size/body
• about 14% increase in body weight at 40, but not 12 and 20, weeks of age, without any differences in food intake
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homeostasis/metabolism
• impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion both in vivo after intravenous glucose challenge and in vitro following incubation of isolated islets in the presence of glucose, both at 8 and 40 weeks of age
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• higher basal blood insulin levels at 40 weeks of age but not at 8 weeks of age
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• glucose elimination after intravenous glucose challenge is impaired at 8 and 40 weeks of age
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion both in vivo after intravenous glucose challenge and in vitro following incubation of isolated islets in the presence of glucose, both at 8 and 40 weeks of age
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