Lipid metabolism during in vitro induction of the lipocyte phenotype in hepatic stellate cells.

doi:10.1023/a:1006845808305

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Lipid metabolism during in vitro induction of the lipocyte phenotype in hepatic stellate cells.

Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 1 Mar 1997

Vicente C P, Guaragna R M, Borojevic R

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Molecular mechanisms of lipid synthesis and their controls in hepatic stellate cells are not known. We have previously proposed that, in contrast to other fat storing cells, hepatic stellate cells are not involved in energy storage, but they represent a particular cell population specialized in s...

Topics

Cell Line
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
Hydrolysis
Lipid Metabolism
Lipoprotein Lipase
Liver
Phenotype

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