Regulation of Vitamin A homeostasis by the stellate cell (Vitamin A-storing cell) system

Regulation of Vitamin A Homeostasis by the Stellate Cell (Vitamin A-Storing Cell) System

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-55

  Senoo, Haruki ^a   Yoshikawa, Kiwamu ^a   Mezaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Morii, Mayako ^a   Fujiwara, Mutsunori ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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