Vitamin A [electronic resource] / editor-in-chief, Gerald Litwack
- Published
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2007]
- Copyright Date
- ©2007
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
- Additional Creators
- Litwack, Gerald
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- Series
- Contents
- RXR: from partnership to leadership in metabolic regulations -- Intersection between the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)- and retinoic acid-signaling pathways -- Role of retinoic acid in the differentiation of embryonal carcinoma and embryonic stem cells -- Metabolism of retinol during mammalian placental and embryonic development -- Conversion of [beta]-carotene to retinal pigment -- Vitamin A-storing cells (stellate cells) -- Use of model-based compartmental analysis to study vitamin A kinetics and metabolism -- Vitamin A supplementation and retinoic acid treatment in the regulation of antibody responses in vivo -- Physiological role of retinyl palmitate in the skin -- Retinoic acid and the heart -- Tocotrienols in cardioprotection -- Cytodifferentiation by retinoids, a novel therapeutic option in oncology: rational combinations with other therapeutic agents -- Effects of vitamins, including vitamin A, on HIV/AIDS patients -- Vitamin A and emphysema.
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- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780080475165 (electronic bk.)
0080475167 (electronic bk.)
9780127098753
0127098755 - Note
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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