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Transient induction of a variant hepatic lipase messenger RNA by corticotropic hormone in rat adrenals.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Apr 2006
Botma Gert-Jan, Vieira Delfina, Heuveling Mirjam, Jansen Hans, Verhoeven Adrie J M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatic lipase (HL) is present not only in liver, but also in steroidogenic organs, where it is thought to mediate cellular uptake of plasma cholesterol. In rat adrenals and ovaries, the HL gene is transcribed into a variant messenger RNA (mRNA) that lacks exons 1 and 2. Treatment of male Wistar rats with corticotropin resulted in a transient 9-fold increase in the variant HL mRNA in the adrenals, which was...
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