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 6 (2009), Issue 7 (July)

1. Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) is also a retinyl ester hydrolase: evidence from mice lacking HSL.
   FASEB J, 23(7): 2307-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Effect of micronutrient supplementation on diarrhoeal disease among stunted children in rural South Africa.
   Eur J Clin Nutr, 63(7): 850-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Metabolism and regulation of gene expression by 4-oxoretinol versus all-trans retinoic acid in normal human mammary epithelial cells.
   J Cell Physiol, 220(3): 771-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. All-trans retinoic acid-induced ADAM28 degrades proteoglycans in human chondrocytes.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 386(2): 294-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Placental steroidogenesis in rats is independent of signaling pathways induced by retinoic acids.
   Gen Comp Endocrinol, 163(3): 285-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. c-Jun N-terminal kinase 2 (JNK2) antagonizes the signaling of differentiation by JNK1 in human myeloid leukemia cells resistant to vitamin D.
   Leuk Res, 33(10): 1372-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Serum levels of retinol and other antioxidants for hearing impairment among Japanese older adults.
   J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 64(8): 910-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Removal of maternal retinoic acid by embryonic CYP26 is required for correct Nodal expression during early embryonic patterning.
   Genes Dev, 23(14): 1689-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Quality of life in the actinic neoplasia syndrome: The VA Topical Tretinoin Chemoprevention (VATTC) Trial.
   J Am Acad Dermatol, 61(2): 207-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Preparation and surface characterization of poly-L-lysine-coated PLGA microsphere scaffolds containing retinoic acid for nerve tissue engineering: in vitro study.
    Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces, 73(1): 23-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Studying the effectiveness of penetration enhancers to deliver retinol through the stratum cornum by in vivo confocal Raman spectroscopy.
    J Control Release, 138(1): 32-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A minute dose of 14C-{beta}-carotene is absorbed and converted to retinoids in humans.
    J Nutr, 139(8): 1480-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The role of CYP26 enzymes in retinoic acid clearance.
    Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol, 5(8): 875-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Cassava with enhanced beta-carotene maintains adequate vitamin A status in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) despite substantial cis-isomer content.
    Br J Nutr, 102(3): 342-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, and all-trans retinoic acid regulate growth, survival, and histone acetylation in breast cancer cells.
    Anticancer Drugs, 20(8): 736-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Retinoic acid prevents virus-induced airway hyperreactivity and M2 receptor dysfunction via anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects.
    Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 297(2): L340-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Retinoic acid and Wnt/beta-catenin have complementary roles in anterior/posterior patterning embryos of the basal chordate amphioxus.
    Dev Biol, 332(2): 223-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Formation of all-trans retinol after visual pigment bleaching in mouse photoreceptors.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 50(8): 3589-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Limb development: the rise and fall of retinoic acid.
    Curr Biol, 19(14): R558-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. All-trans retinoic acid increases KLF4 acetylation by inducing HDAC2 phosphorylation and its dissociation from KLF4 in vascular smooth muscle cells.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 387(1): 13-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. PPARgamma regulates retinoic acid-mediated DC induction of Tregs.
    J Leukoc Biol, 86(2): 293-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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