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Figure 4

From: Structural and immunoendocrine remodeling in gut, pancreas and thymus in weaning rats fed powdered milk diets rich in Maillard reactants

Figure 4

Topographic distribution and proximity of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)- (red) and CD3-IR (green) intestinal cells in sections from distal small intestine from rats fed control (C) or high Maillard (HM) diets for 4 weeks (4w) (a,b). GLP-1-IR cells are regularly found in both villi and crypt epithelium, particular in C diet rats. CD3-IR cells are numerous throughout the mucosa, in lamina propria as well as intraepithelial, in both C (a) and HM (b) diet rats. Scale bar is 100 μm and applies to a and b. Note frequent close contacts between GLP-1- and CD3-IR cells as shown in higher magnification in both C (c) and HM (d,e) diet rats. Scale bar in (c) is 50 μm and applies to (c–e).

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