Glutathione deficiency down-regulates hepatic lipogenesis in rats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Oxidative stress is supposed to increase lipid accumulation by stimulation of hepatic lipogenesis at transcriptional level. This study was performed to investigate the role of glutathione in the regulation of this process. For that p...

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Main Authors: Mueller Andreas S, Weiße Kristin, Behn Diana, Schmidt Tobias, Brandsch Corinna, Stangl Gabriele I
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/9/1/50