digestive/alimentary system
• increase in villus epithelial cell proliferation and expansion of the proliferative zone compared to wild-type; however no significant difference in intestinal absorption is detected on standard or high fat diets
• enterocytes are only detected in the upper half of the villus unlike in wild-type mice where these cells are also found in the lower half of the villus
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• increase in villus length in the distal ileum
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• increase in villus length
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