Article
Investigation into the role of the hormone sensitive lipase -60C>G promoter variant in morbid obesity.
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD - 1 Feb 2005
Talmud Philippa J, Palmen Jutta, Wolf Anna M, Beisiegel Ulrike
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hormone sensitive lipase (HSL) plays a central role in free fatty acid homeostasis in adipose tissue and in pancreatic beta-cells, where it contributes to the control of insulin secretion by generating long-chain fatty acids. AIM: We examined the frequency and association of the functional HSL promoter variant, -60C>G, in a German cohort of morbidly obese women (N=239) and men (N=55) and compared the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
