The key role of vitamin A in embryonal development is reviewed. Special emphasis is given
to the physiological action of retinoids, as evident from the retinoid ligand knockout models …

The ability of vitamin A (retinol) to control growth and development depends upon tissue-
specific metabolism of retinol to retinoic acid (RA). RA then functions as a ligand for retinoid …

Within the last few years, knowledge about vitamins has increased dramatically. This new
edition of a bestseller presents comprehensive summaries that analyze the chemical …

Retinoids are essential for the maintenance of epithelial differentiation. As such, they play a
fundamental role in chemoprevention of epithelial carcinogenesis and in differentiation …

Key Points 1. Retinoids are one of the most effective classes of agents for promoting cell
differentiation, and therefore are of strong interest for cancer prevention and cancer therapy …

Thoroughly revised and updated, Handbook of Vitamins highlights the recent research in
vitamins and gene expression, vitamin-dependent genes, and vitamin effect on DNA …

Vitamin A (retinol) is an essential micronutrient for all vertebrates. It is required for normal
vision, reproduction, embryonic development, cell and tissue differentiation, and immune …

Interaction between the Vitamin A derivative all-trans retinoic acid and the lipocalin member
bovine β-lactoglobulin (BLG) was studied by circular dichroism (CD) and electronic …

In previously treated head-and-neck cancer patients, po administered isotretinoin (13-cis
retinoic acid) reduced the occurrence of second aerodigestive tumors, including lung …

Δ5-Desaturase (D5D) catalyzes the Δ5, 6 desaturation of dietary essential fatty acids of the n-
6 and n-3 series. By subtraction hybridization of vitamin A (VA)-deficient and control rat liver …