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  • Title: Heterogeneity of intestinal lactase activity in children: relationship to lactase-phlorizin hydrolase messenger RNA abundance.
    Author: Olsen WA, Li BU, Lloyd M, Korsmo H.
    Journal: Pediatr Res; 1996 May; 39(5):877-81. PubMed ID: 8726245.
    Abstract:
    Despite extensive study in both humans and nonhuman mammals the mechanisms which regulate intestinal lactase activity, particularly during development, are incompletely understood. Our previous studies of human adults are consistent with an important role of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) mRNA abundance in determining the lactase persistence/nonpersistence phenotypes. Our intent in the present study was to determine the role of LPH mRNA in the regulation of lactase in children. We therefore studied duodenal mucosal biopsies from 39 children undergoing diagnostic upper endoscopy in whom significant small intestinal and nutritional disease was excluded. We found no relationship between the level of LPH mRNA and lactase enzymatic activity. Our observations suggest the importance of posttranscriptional mechanisms in lactase regulation in human children.
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