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SUBMITTER: Li X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2974424 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Xia X Shridas Preetha P Forrest Kathy K Bailey William W Webb Nancy R NR
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20100628 11
Studies in vitro indicate that group X secretory phospholipase A(2) (GX sPLA(2)) potently releases arachidonic acid (AA) and lysophosphatidylcholine from mammalian cell membranes. To define the function of GX sPLA(2) in vivo, our laboratory recently generated C57BL/6 mice with targeted deletion of GX sPLA(2) (GX(-/-) mice). When fed a normal rodent diet, GX(-/-) mice gained significantly more weight and had increased adiposity compared to GX(+/+) mice, which was not attributable to alterations i ...[more]