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Pathways of vitamin A delivery to the embryo: insights from a new tunable model of embryonic vitamin A deficiency.
Endocrinology - 1 Oct 2005
Quadro Loredana, Hamberger Leora, Gottesman Max E, Wang Fengwei, Colantuoni Vittorio, Blaner William S, Mendelsohn Cathy L
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Circulating retinoids (vitamin A and its derivatives) are found predominantly as retinol bound to retinol-binding protein (RBP), which transports retinol from liver stores to target tissues, or as retinyl ester incorporated in lipoproteins of dietary origin. The transport of retinoids from maternal to fetal circulation is poorly understood, especially under conditions of inadequate dietary vitamin A intake. Here...
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