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Compensatory increase in lactase expression by enterocytes of neonatal pigs on a low energy intake
D R Tivey1, K J Hilton, M J Dauncey
1Department of Cell Biology, AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Babraham, Cambridge.
Experimental Physiology
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
A restricted energy intake in the immediate postnatal period has been found to result in a significant increase in the maximal expression of lactase by enterocytes from 2-week-old pigs. Although villus size was significantly reduced on a low compared with a high food intake, total villus lactase activity was unaffected because of the compensatory increase in lactase expression by individual enterocytes.