5'-Nucleotidase was measured in isolated fat cells from normal, hypothyroid
and hyperthyroid rats. This was done to find out whether thyroid hormones had an effect on
the production of adenosine by the fat cell. The results showed that 5'-nucleotidase is modified
when the rats received injections of 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T(3)). There was no
change in the enzyme in hypothyroidism or when T(3) was added to incubation of cells.
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