homeostasis/metabolism
• following paraquat administration, mice exhibit increased kidney degradation (including tubular dilatation, tubular cell vacuolation and tubular cell detachment from basement membrane) and liver damage (balloon hepatocytes and apoptotic necrotic cells) compared with wild-type mice
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• mice exhibit a 6.9- and 3.4-fold accumulation of metformin in the liver and kidney compared with wild-type mice
• following paraquat intravenous administration, mice exhibit higher plasma, lung and renal paraquat concentrations compared with wild-type mice
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growth/size/body
• modest
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liver/biliary system
• liver damage following paraquat administration
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renal/urinary system
• following paraquat administration
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