Article
Neutral lipid synthesis and accumulation during in vitro induction of the lipocyte phenotype in hepatic connective tissue cells.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 20 Aug 1991
Guaragna R M, Trugo L, Borojevic R
Abstract excerpt
Connective tissue cells of liver parenchyma are known as hepatic myofibroblasts and lipocytes (fat-storing cells, Ito-cells). They are considered to belong to a single cell lineage, that may switch between these two phenotypes. We have studied cellular and molecular parameters and controls of this switch in the murine GRX cell line, established from liver fibro-granulomatous lesions induced by schistosomal...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line
- Chromatography, Gas
- Chromatography, Thin Layer
- Connective Tissue
- Connective Tissue Cells
- Fatty Acids
- Indomethacin
- Insulin
- Lipid Metabolism
