Some Hormonal Effects on Liver Fat Accumulation Owing to an Amino Acid Imbalance |
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| Authors: | Akira Yoshida A E Harper |
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| Institution: | Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Abstract: | Rats fed a low protein diet containing choline in which casein supplemented with sulfur-containing amino acids is the protein source develop moderately fatty livers. Effects of some hormones on this type of fatty liver were investigated. The accumulation of fat in the liver was alleviated by injection of thyroxine. Adrenalectomy also prevented the induction of fatty liver but fat accumulated excessively in adrenalectomized rats by the injection with cortisol. |
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