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Body and organ weights and morphometrical measurements in fed and 72 h fasted mice |
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72 h fasting |
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| body weight (g) |
27.8 ± 0.9 |
18.9 ± 0.5* |
| intestinal wet weight (g) |
1.2 ± 0.1 |
0.6 ± 0.1* |
| villus height (μm) |
368 ± 63 |
353 ± 54 |
| CPS-positive volume fraction (%) |
72.2 ± 3.4 |
71.0 ± 0.5 |
| αSMA-positive volume fraction (%) |
24.6 ± 1.1 |
24.0 ± 3.0 |
| PCNA volume fraction (%) |
18.8 ± 1.4 |
20.6 ± 1.0 |
| Alcian blue-positive cells^ |
68.7 ± 6.3 |
69.0 ± 11.1 |
| caspase 3-positive cells^ |
56.0 ± 7.2 |
91.8 ± 14.9* |
| total protein content of the intestine# (mg/g) |
20.9 ± 2.2 |
16.8 ± 2.0* |
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Data are shown as average ± SEM. There are no significant differences between the experimental groups with regard to villus height, CPS-, αSMA- and PCNA-positive volume fraction, and number of Alcian-blue positive cells. Body and organ weight, caspase 3-positive cells, and total protein content differed significantly (*, P < 0.01). ^: for caspase 3- and Alcian blue-positive cells, the numbers are given per mm2. #: total protein content of the gut was available for fed and 48 h-fasted animals only. | ||
Sokolović et al. BMC Genomics 2007 8:361 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-361 |
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