liver/biliary system
N |
• mice exhibit normal liver function
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homeostasis/metabolism
N |
• mice exhibit normal insulin tolerance, glucagon secretion and metabolic response to a high-fat diet
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• in mice fed chow or a high-fat diet
• twice as much as in control cells with a large portion of secreted insulin degraded through a single liver passage
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• mildly in mice fed chow
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• increased insulin clearance after glucose challenge
• proinsulin to insulin ratio is slightly higher than in wild-type mice
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• low zinc content in beta cell islets
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• insulin crystallization failure at 6 and 20 weeks with atypical insulin granules lacking a detectable dense core
• however, mice exhibit normal beta cell area and vessel structure and counts in islets
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• in mice fed chow or a high-fat diet
• twice as much as in control cells with a large portion of secreted insulin degraded through a single liver passage
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