“…PTS was initially demonstrated in cell lysate from rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells [ 19 ]. After that, TPST activities have been characterized in numerous cell lines and tissues, including mammalian tissues such as bovine adrenal medulla [ 20 ] and heart [ 21 ], rat brain [ 22 ], liver [ 23 , 24 , 25 ], gastric mucosa [ 26 ], and submandibular salivary glands [ 27 , 28 ], human liver [ 29 , 30 ], gastric mucosa [ 31 ], saliva [ 32 ], and platelets [ 33 ]. Human TPST mRNA expression level was analyzed in various human tissues (adrenal gland, bone marrow, brain, colon, heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, peripheral leukocytes, placenta, prostate, salivary gland, skeletal muscle, small intestine, spinal cord, spleen, stomach, testis, thymus, thyroid gland, trachea, and uterus) by real-time reverse transcription PCR [ 34 ].…”