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In vitro effect of thyroid hormones on lipolysis of rat fat cells during aging
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
|December 1, 1984
Abstract:
The in vitro effect of triiodothyronine (T3) 10(-5) M upon lipolysis was studied on white fat cells isolated from 1.5-6- and 30-month-old rats. We couldn't see any consistent effect of this hormone upon the basal lipolysis. We observed a T3 effect on epinephrine-stimulated lipolysis on the three groups of animals. After 1 h of incubation the increase of glycerol release varies with the dose of epinephrine; after 3 h the T3 effect persisted only in the 6-month and 30-month groups.
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