You do not consume alcoholic beverages, but your friend does, and he consumes these drinks regularly and in large amounts. If we could examine your liver cells and compare with your friend, would we see a difference in smooth ER and peroxisomes?
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We could definitely see a difference between mine and my friend’s smooth endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and peroxisomes. Since there is a lot of alcohol present, his/her body would need to produce more ER to metabolize the alcohol in the system and more peroxisomes to detoxify the alcohol to prevent it being toxic to his/her body as a whole.