Impact of a high‑fat diet on intestinal stem cells and epithelial barrier function in middle‑aged female mice.

Abstract A high‑fat diet (HFD) or obesity‑promoting diet is closely associated with metabolic diseases and intestinal tumors, particularly in middle‑aged individuals (typically 45‑64 years old). The intestinal epithelium constitutes a barrier that separates the host from the food and microbiota in the gut, and thus, a dysfunctional epithelium is […]

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