Hepatic lipase Hepatic lipase Hepatic lipase (HL), also called hepatic triglyceride lipase (HTGL) or LIPC (for "lipase, hepatic"), is a form of lipase, catalyzing the hydrolysis of triacylglyceride. Hepatic lipase is coded by chromosome 15 and its gene is also often referred to as HTGL or LIPC. Hepatic lipase is expressed mainly in liver cells, known as hepatocytes, and endothelial cells of the liver. The hepatic lipase can either remain attached to the liver or can unbind from the liver endothelial cells and is free to enter the body’s circulation system. When bound on the endothelial cells of the liver, it is
Proper adjective Proper adjective In English orthography, the term proper adjective is sometimes applied to adjectives that take initial capital letters, and the term common adjective to those that do not. For example, a person from Boston is Bostonian. "Bostonian" is a proper adjective. These terms are used informally only; they are not used by grammarians or linguists. The term "proper noun" denotes a noun that, grammatically speaking, identifies a specific unique entity; for example, "England" is a proper noun, because it is a name for a specific country, whereas "dog" is not a proper noun; it is, rather, a "common noun"