Vitamin A Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Vitamin A, including details on retinol, benefits, dosage, supplements, deficiency, information.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 7 (July)

1. Newborn vitamin A supplementation reduced infant mortality in rural Bangladesh.
   Pediatrics, 122(1): e242-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Inhibition of transforming growth factor-beta-induced liver fibrosis by a retinoic acid derivative via the suppression of Col 1A2 promoter activity.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 373(2): 219-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel mutual prodrugs (hybrid drugs) of all-trans-retinoic acid and histone deacetylase inhibitors with enhanced anticancer activities in breast and prostate cancer cells in vitro.
   J Med Chem, 51(13): 3895-904. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. 11-cis- and all-trans-retinols can activate rod opsin: rational design of the visual cycle.
   Biochemistry, 47(28): 7567-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Affinity-capture tandem mass spectrometric characterization of polyprenyl-linked oligosaccharides: tool to study protein N-glycosylation pathways.
   Anal Chem, 80(14): 5468-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Abetalipoproteinemia: two case reports and literature review.
   Orphanet J Rare Dis, 3: 19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Blood levels of vitamin C, carotenoids and retinol are inversely associated with cataract in a North Indian population.
   Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 49(8): 3328-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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