title: Elevated adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity in craniopharyngioma patients.
abstract: The activity of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) was measured in adipose tissue (AT-LPL) and postheparin plasma (PH-LPL) of 13 obese patients (aged 11 to 31 years) who had surgery for craniopharyngioma 1 to 13 years earlier. AT-LPL activity (mean +/- SEM) was higher in them than in subjects matched with respect to age, sex, and relative body weight (4.6 +/- 1.1 v 2.1 +/- 0.4 mumol free fatty acids (FFA).h-1.g-1, P less than .05). The activity was also higher when expressed per fat cell.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sorva
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Taskinen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuusi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perheentupa
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Nikkilä
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000201:enzymology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000201:enzymology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000201:enzymology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D008071:Lipoprotein Lipase