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Abstract
The influence of age on adipocyte alpha-adrenergic receptors was studied by using the binding of [3H]dihydroergocryptine to crude adipocyte membranes from hamsters of different ages (1-10 months). The number of alpha-receptor sites was found to increase with increasing age, but in contrast, their binding affinity remained unchanged. These changes in receptor concentrations, which were not related to cell-size differences, were also accompanied by parallel variations of the alpha-adrenergic responsiveness of the fat-cells.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6263265 PMCID: PMC1162422 DOI: 10.1042/bj1920947
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857