Progressive Depletion of Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum in Epithelial Cells of the Small Intestine in Monosodium Glutamate Mice Model of Obesity

Figure 1

Changes in body weight and macroscopic observation of the small intestine. (a) Plot of body weight from 3 weeks to 15 weeks of age for monosodium glutamate- (MSG-) induced obese mice (white squares) and control mice (black circles). The mean ± standard deviation is shown for each group. . (b) Representative samples of the stomach and small intestine from control and MSG-induced obese mice. The white boxes indicate the area selected to investigate pathological changes. Scale bar in (b) = 1 cm.

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