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Mice deficient in glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-1 have a reduced susceptibility to liver cancer.
Toxicologic pathology - 1 Apr 2012
Ellis Jessica M, Paul David S, Depetrillo Michael A, Singh Bhanu P, Malarkey David E, Coleman Rosalind A
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The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma increases with the persistence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Triacylglycerol synthesis is initiated by glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT). Of four isoforms, GPAT1 contributes 30-50% of total liver GPAT activity, and we hypothesized that it might influence liver susceptibility to tumorigenesis. C57Bl/6 mice deficient in GPAT1 were backcrossed 6 times to C3H...
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