Vitamin A update: forms, sources, kinetics, detection, function, deficiency, therapeutic use and toxicity

A Carazo, K Macáková, K Matoušová, LK Krčmová… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vitamin A is a group of vital micronutrients widely present in the human diet. Animal-based
products are a rich source of the retinyl ester form of the vitamin, while vegetables and fruits …

TRIM family proteins: roles in autophagy, immunity, and carcinogenesis

S Hatakeyama - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2017 - cell.com
Tripartite motif (TRIM) family proteins, most of which have E3 ubiquitin ligase activities, have
various functions in cellular processes including intracellular signaling, development …

[HTML][HTML] Degradation of proteins by PROTACs and other strategies

Y Wang, X Jiang, F Feng, W Liu, H Sun - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Blocking the biological functions of scaffold proteins and aggregated proteins is a
challenging goal. PROTAC proteolysis-targeting chimaera (PROTAC) technology may be …

Nuclear receptors: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutics

DE Frigo, M Bondesson, C Williams - Essays in biochemistry, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Nuclear receptors are classically defined as ligand-activated transcription factors that
regulate key functions in reproduction, development, and physiology. Humans have 48 …

TRIM proteins and cancer

S Hatakeyama - Nature reviews cancer, 2011 - nature.com
Emerging clinical evidence shows that the deregulation of ubiquitin-mediated degradation of
oncogene products or tumour suppressors is likely to be involved in the aetiology of …

Retinoic acid receptors: from molecular mechanisms to cancer therapy

A Di Masi, L Leboffe, E De Marinis, F Pagano… - Molecular aspects of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Retinoic acid (RA), the major bioactive metabolite of retinol or vitamin A, induces a spectrum
of pleiotropic effects in cell growth and differentiation that are relevant for embryonic …

Mechanisms of estrogen action

S Nilsson, S Makela, E Treuter… - Physiological …, 2001 - journals.physiology.org
Our appreciation of the physiological functions of estrogens and the mechanisms through
which estrogens bring about these functions has changed during the past decade. Just as …

Functional TRIM24 degrader via conjugation of ineffectual bromodomain and VHL ligands

LN Gechijian, DL Buckley, MA Lawlor… - Nature chemical …, 2018 - nature.com
The addressable pocket of a protein is often not functionally relevant in disease. This is true
for the multidomain, bromodomain-containing transcriptional regulator TRIM24. TRIM24 has …

The RXR heterodimers and orphan receptors

DJ Mangelsdorf, RM Evans - Cell, 1995 - Elsevier
The nuclear receptor superfamily is comprised of over 150 different proteins that have
evolved to mediate a complex array of extracellular signals into transcriptional responses …

Vitamin A and retinoid signaling: genomic and nongenomic effects: thematic review series: fat-soluble vitamins: vitamin A

Z Al Tanoury, A Piskunov, C Rochette-Egly - Journal of lipid research, 2013 - ASBMB
Vitamin A or retinol is arguably the most multifunctional vitamin in the human body, as it is
essential from embryogenesis to adulthood. The pleiotropic effects of vitamin A are exerted …