Effect of parathyroidectomy on the fasting-refeeding response in the rat colon.
Following fasting and refeeding, the colonic epithelium of the rat exhibits a marked hyperplasia. This response is of a similar magnitude but of a longer duration to that observed in mice. This response is not affected by reducing serum calcium levels to those reported to alter normal tissue proliferation in vivo.
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002455:Cell Division; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D006965:Hyperplasia; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats
D002118:Calcium