Repair of the gut mucosa in the refed rat after prolonged starvation

Jejunal mucosa repair kinetics was studied in fed (control) and experimented Wistar rats refed after varied periods of starvation. According to the terminology (Le Maho et al., Am.J.Physiol. 1981,241,E342) denutrition reached phase PII after 5 days of starvation and reversible phase PIII after 8 days at least. Such a situation occurs spontaneously in the wild for some animals. During PII, 50% lipids stores are depleted whereas during PIII …