Vitamin E and transfer proteins

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-254

  Kaempf Rotzoll, Daisy E ^a,b   Traber, Maret G ^c   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

tocopherol; tocopherol transfer protein; ABCA1; Sec 14 family; SPF; SR B1; Tocopherol binding proteins; Vitamin E metabolism

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALPHA 2,5,7,8 TETRAMETHYL 2 (2' CARBOXYETHYL) 6 HYDROXYCHROMAN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BINDING PROTEIN; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450; GAMMA 2,5,7,8 TETRAMETHYL 2 (2' CARBOXYETHYL) 6 HYDROXYCHROMAN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG UPTAKE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD36; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, LIPOPROTEIN; RECEPTORS, SCAVENGER; SCAVENGER RECEPTORS, CLASS B; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0037495100     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200306000-00004     Document Type: Review

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