Retinol uptake and metabolism, and cellular retinol binding protein expression in an in vitro model of hepatic stellate cells

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 11-21

  Vicente, Cristina P ^a   Fortuna, Vitor A ^a   Margis, Rogério ^a   Trugo, Luiz ^a   Borojevic, Radovan ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellular retinol binding protein; Hepatic stellate cells; Lipocytes; Liver; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; LIVER PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL METABOLISM; MODEL; STELLATE CELL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CYTOSOL; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; INDOMETHACIN; LIVER; MICE; PHENOTYPE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0031718143     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006886308490     Document Type: Article

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