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Insulin stimulation of hepatic triacylglycerol secretion and the etiology of insulin resistance by Zammit, V A, Waterman, I J, Topping, D, McKay, G

“…The recent observations that insulin can either stimulate or inhibit triacylglycerol secretion by the liver, depending on prior metabolic (possibly…”
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Myocardial carnitine palmitoyltransferase I as a target for oxidative modification in inflammation and sepsis by Eaton, S, Fukumoto, K, Stefanutti, G, Spitz, L, Zammit, V A, Pierro, A

“…CPT I (outer membrane carnitine palmitoyltransferase I) is a crucial enzyme in myocardial substrate selection. Two isoforms exist in the heart, the liver (L-)…”
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Regulation of protein synthesis in lactating rat mammary tissue by cell volume by Grant, A.C.G, Gow, I.F, Zammit, V.A, Shennan, D.B

“…The effect of changing cell volume on rat mammary protein synthesis has been examined. Cell swelling, induced by a hyposmotic challenge, markedly increased the…”
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Characteristics of L-carnitine transport by lactating rat mammary tissue by Shennan, D.B., Grant, A., Ramsay, R.R., Burns, C., Zammit, V.A.

“…The transport of l-carnitine by lactating rat mammary tissue has been examined. l-Carnitine uptake by rat mammary tissue explants isolated from lactating rats,…”
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Overt and latent activities of diacylglycerol acytransferase in rat liver microsomes: possible roles in very-low density lipoprotein triacylglycerol secretion by Owen, M.R, Corstorphine, C.C, Zammit, V.A

“…The possibility that triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis occurs on both aspects of the endoplasmic-reticular membrane during the process of incorporation of TAG…”
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Activities of overt and latent diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGATs I and II) in liver microsomes of ob/ob mice by Waterman, I.J, Zammit, V.A

“…The effect of the ob/ob mutation on microsomal overt and latent acyl CoA:diacylglycerol acyl transferase activities (DGATs I and II) in liver microsomes of…”
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Volume-sensitive amino acid efflux from a pancreatic β-cell line by Grant, A.C.G., Thomson, J., Zammit, V.A., Shennan, D.B.

“…Cell swelling, induced by a hyposmotic shock, increased the fractional release of taurine from INS-1 cells. Volume-sensitive taurine release was (a) dependent…”
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Use of in vivo and in vitro techniques for the study of the effects of insulin on hepatic triacylglycerol secretion in different insulinaemic states by Zammit, V A

“…This review illustrates how the use of several in vitro and in vivo techniques was necessary to show that the effect of insulin on hepatic triacylglycerol…”
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Monitoring of changes in hepatic fatty acid and glycerolipid metabolism during the starved-to-fed transition in vivo by Moir, A.M.B, Zammit, V.A

“…1. The technique of selective labelling of hepatic fatty acids in vivo [Moir and Zammit (1992) Biochem. J. 283. 145-149] has been used to monitor…”
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Sequencing and functional expression of the malonyl-CoA-sensitive carnitine palmitoyltransferase from Drosophila melanogaster by Jackson, V.N, Cameron, J.M, Zammit, V.A, Price, N.T

“…Using expressed sequence tag data, we obtained a cDNA for a carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I)-like molecule from Drosophila melanogaster. The cDNA…”
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Insulin and the partitioning of hepatic fatty acid metabolism by Zammit, V A

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Role of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I in the regulation of hepatic ketogenesis during the onset and reversal of chronic diabetes by Grantham, B.D, Zammit, V.A

“…1. The kinetic properties of overt carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT I, EC 2.3.1.21) were studied in rat liver mitochondria isolated from untreated, diabetic…”
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Insulin stimulates triacylglycerol secretion by perfused livers from fed rats but inhibits it in livers from fasted or insulin-deficient rats: implications for the relationship between hyperinsulinaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia by Zammit, V.A, Lankester, D.J, Brown, A.M, Park, B.S

“…We determined whether the direction of the acute effect of insulin on hepatic triacylglycerol secretion is dependent on the prior physiological state or on the…”
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Regulation of carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity by malonyl-CoA in mitochondria from sheep liver, a tissue with a low capacity for fatty acid synthesis by Brindle, N.P.J, Zammit, V.A, Pogson, C.I

“…The characteristics of inhibition of carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) I by malonyl-CoA were studied for the enzyme in mitochondria isolated from sheep…”
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Acute effects of starvation and treatment of rats with anti-insulin serum, glucagon and catecholamines on the state of phosphorylation of hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase in vivo by Easom, R.A, Zammit, V.A

“…The fraction of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase in the dephosphorylated (active) form in rat liver in vivo was measured after various…”
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An improved method for the analysis of data from radiation-inactivation studies by Bradbury, I, Zammit, V A

“…This paper addresses statistical issues in the estimation of protein molecular weight using radiation-inactivation assays. In particular it considers…”
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Regulation of Hepatic Fatty Acid Oxidation and Ketogenesis by Zammit, Victor A.

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Effects of diabetes on the expressed and total activities of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase in rat liver in vivo. Reversal by insulin treatment by Easom, R.A, Zammit, V.A

“…The expressed and total activities of HMG-CoA (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA) reductase (EC 1.1.1.34) were measured in microsomal fractions prepared from…”
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Activities of 3-hydrooxybutyrate dehydrogenase, 3-oxoacid CoA-transferase and acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase in relation to ketone-body utilization in muscle from vertebrates and invertebrates by Beis, A, Zammit, V.A, Newsholme, E.A. (Oxford Univ. (UK). Dept. of Biochemistry)

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Photodynamic action of bonellin, an integumentary chlorin of Bonellia viridis, Rolando (Echiura, Bonelliidae) by Agius, L, Jaccarini, V, Ballantine, J A, Ferrito, V, Pelter, A, Psaila, A F, Zammit, V A

“…1. The photodynamic activity of bonellin, an integumentary chlorin of Bonellia viridis, is investigated. 2. 10(-6) M bonellin solutions haemolyze erythrocytes…”
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