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The -514 C/T polymorphism in the hepatic lipase gene promoter is associated with insulin sensitivity in a healthy young population.
Journal of molecular endocrinology - 1 Apr 2005
Gómez Purificación, Pérez-Jiménez Francisco, Marín Carmen, Moreno Juan Antonio, Gómez María José, Bellido Cecilia, Pérez-Martínez Pablo, Fuentes Francisco, Paniagua Juan Antonio, López-Miranda José
Abstract excerpt
Impaired insulin action has been associated with diabetes, dyslipidemia and atherosclerotic vascular disease. The expression of insulin resistance results from the interaction of environmental and genetic factors. Human hepatic lipase (HL) is a lipolytic enzyme that plays a role in the metabolism of several lipoproteins, while insulin up-regulates the activity of HL via insulin-responsive elements in the HL...
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