Age-related changes of a-tocopherol transfer protein expression in rat liver

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-18

  Kim, Han Suk ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^b   Arita, Makoto ^b   Sato, Yuji ^b   Ogihara, Tohru ^a   Tamai, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Keizo ^b   Mino, Makoto ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell differentiation; Discrimination of tocopherols; Hepatocyte; Primary culture; tocopherol; tocopherol transfer protein; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL TRANSFER PROTEIN; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL TRANSFER PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030080464     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.42.11     Document Type: Article

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