Vitamin A deficiency injures lung and liver parenchyma and impairs function of rat type II pneumocytes

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1159-1165

  Baybutt, Richard C ^a   Hu, Ling ^a   Molteni, Agostino ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Inflammation; Pneumocyte function; Rats; Retinol deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034107682     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.5.1159     Document Type: Article

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