Preventing hyperphagia normalizes 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase activity in small intestine and liver of diabetic rats

Rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes stop growing, develop high cholesterol and triacylglycerol levels in plasma, and have decreased activity of the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase (EC 1.1.1.34), in liver and increased activity in small in...

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Main Authors: N L Young, C D Saudek, L Walters, J Lapeyrolerie, V Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1982-08-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520380858