digestive/alimentary system
• mice show a thickening and increased weight of stomachs and increased mass index of stomach normalized to total weight, with no differences in size index
• corpus thickness is severely increased while antrum thickness is slightly increased
• cellular disorganization in the corpus region of the stomach characterized by the presence of proliferating cells and enterochromaffin-like-cells within the neck region of gastric corpus glands
• gastric corpus show higher cellularity, loss of nuclear polarity, increased number of inflammatory cells, swollen cytoplasms, and loss of normal gland morphology
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• stomachs show glandular disorganization
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• gastric wall hyperplasia
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• the gastric corpus shows vacuolization of gastric mucosal cells
• mice exhibit stomach hyperplasia, showing increased gastric corpus thickness and increased mass index
• mucosa metaplasia
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• dysplastic gastric glands, with loss of architectural integrity of the oxyntic glands in stomachs and widely opened lumen of the oxyntic glands
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• dysplastic cytoplasms of parietal cells
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gastric cyst
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• the gastric corpus shows high numbers of epidermoid cysts surrounded by a single layer of cuboidal epithelium
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• severe hyperplasia, dysplasia and glandular metaplasia in the stomach
• gastric acidification induced by treatment with 3% HCl acid prevents (if treated at birth) or partially reverts (if treated during adulthood) the development of glandular metaplasia and dysplasia in the stomach
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achlorhydria
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• gastric pH is highly increased (pH 7 compared to pH 1.5-2.5 in controls)
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• dysplastic gastric glands, with loss of architectural integrity of the oxyntic glands in stomachs and widely opened lumen of the oxyntic glands
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• dysplastic cytoplasms of parietal cells
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hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
• 4-fold increase in mean serum gastrin concentration, indicating hypergastrinemia
• high serum gastrin levels persist throughout the day and are not affected by feeding as seen in controls
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• reduced ferritin levels are more pronounced in females than males
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neoplasm
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• while mice do not develop gastric neuroendocrine tumors after one year, they exhibit premalignant pathology and cellular dysplasia
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growth/size/body
gastric cyst
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J:235360
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• the gastric corpus shows high numbers of epidermoid cysts surrounded by a single layer of cuboidal epithelium
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