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Vascular smooth muscle cells isolated from adipose triglyceride lipase-deficient mice exhibit distinct phenotype and phenotypic plasticity.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 10 May 2013
Lin Yanhui, Chiba Shunmei, Suzuki Akira, Yamaguchi Satoshi, Nakanishi Takaya, Matsumoto Hirofumi, Ikeda Yoshihiko, Ishibashi-Ueda Hatsue, Hirano Ken-ichi, Kato Seiya
Abstract excerpt
The alteration of triglyceride (TG) metabolism in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) is likely to be correlated with certain phenotype, though this has not been elucidated. Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) exerts major TG catalytic activity in both adipotic and non-adipotic cells. In the present study, we isolated SMC from ATGL-deficient mice (ATGL(-/-)mSMC). ATGL(-/-)mSMC showed spontaneous TG accumulation...
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