Regulation of fatty-acid metabolism by p
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Corinne Vons; Jean-Paul Pegorier; Jean Girard; Claude Kohl; Marie-Agnès Ivanov;
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The effects of pancreatic hormones and cyclic AMP on long-chain fatty-acid metabolism were investigated in human hepatocytes isolated from 12 liver biopsy specimens and cultured for 4 days in an insulin-free medium. Glucagon (10(-6) mol/L) increased endogenous ketone body production by 150%. This re