Vitamin A: Physiological and Biochemical Processing

A direct repeat in the cellular retinol-binding protein type II gene confers differential regulation by RXR and RAR

1991 • 672 citations

Perisinusoidal Stellate Cells (Fat-Storing Cells, Interstitial Cells, Lipocytes), Their Related Structure in and around the Liver Sinusoids, and Vitamin A-Storing Cells in Extrahepatic Organs

1980 • 532 citations

The effects of diseases of the liver, thyroid, and kidneys on the transport of vitamin A in human plasma

1971 • 452 citations

“Sternzellen” in the liver: Perisinusoidal cells with special reference to storage of vitamin A

1971 • 369 citations

The enzymatic cleavage of beta-carotene into vitamin A by soluble enzymes of rat liver and intestine.

1965 • 342 citations

Tissue distribution and metabolism of newly absorbed vitamin A in the rat

1965 • 289 citations

Perisinusoidal fat-storing cells are the main vitamin A storage sites in rat liver

1985 • 259 citations

Isolation of 3,4-didehydroretinoic acid, a novel morphogenetic signal in the chick wing bud

1990 • 252 citations

A retinoic acid response element is present in the mouse cellular retinol binding protein I (mCRBPI) promoter.

1991 • 240 citations

In vivo uptake of chylomicron [3H]retinyl ester by rat liver: evidence for retinol transfer from parenchymal to nonparenchymal cells.

1982 • 190 citations

Lecithin:Retinol Acyltransferase in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Microsomes

1989 • 180 citations

Esterification by rat liver microsomes of retinol bound to cellular retinol-binding protein.

1988 • 166 citations

Esterification of retinol in rat liver. Possible participation by cellular retinol-binding protein and cellular retinol-binding protein II.

1988 • 164 citations

Retinoids, retinoid-binding proteins, and retinyl palmitate hydrolase distributions in different types of rat liver cells.

1985 • 161 citations

New pathway for retinol metabolism in liver microsomes.

1985 • 159 citations

Biogenesis of retinoic acid from beta-carotene. Differences between the metabolism of beta-carotene and retinal.

1988 • 158 citations

Newly administered [3H]retinol is transferred from hepatocytes to stellate cells in liver for storage

1984 • 133 citations

Chylomicron-Chylomicron Remnant Clearance by Liver and Bone Marrow in Rabbits

1989 • 123 citations

Holocellular retinol binding protein as a substrate for microsomal retinal synthesis

1991 • 121 citations

Identification and partial characterization of a retinal pigment epithelial membrane receptor for plasma retinol-binding protein

1991 • 121 citations

The interaction of retinol-binding protein with its plasma-membrane receptor.

1988 • 118 citations

Variation in Retinol Utilization Rate with Vitamin A Status in the Rat

1987 • 110 citations

Localization of cellular retinol-binding protein and retinol-binding protein in cells comprising the blood-brain barrier of rat and human.

1990 • 109 citations

The Enzymatic Conversion of All-trans β-Carotene into Retinal

1967 • 107 citations

Reduction of retinaldehyde bound to cellular retinol-binding protein (type II) by microsomes from rat small intestine.

1988 • 104 citations

Effects of Dietary Vitamin A Deficiency, Retinoic Acid and Protein Quantity and Quality on Serially Obtained Plasma and Liver Levels of Vitamin A in Rats

1979 • 99 citations

Effects of dietary retinoid and triglyceride on the lipid composition of rat liver stellate cells and stellate cell lipid droplets

1988 • 99 citations

Characteristics of retinol accumulation from serum retinol-binding protein by cultured Sertoli cells

1989 • 91 citations

Internalization of retinol-binding protein in parenchymal and stellate cells of rat liver.

1990 • 75 citations

Liver takes up retinol-binding protein from plasma.

1987 • 74 citations

Fatty acyl CoA-dependent and -independent retinol esterification by rat liver and lactating mammary gland microsomes

1991 • 74 citations

A Specific Receptor for Retinol Binding Protein as Detected by the Binding of Human and Bovine Retinol Binding Protein to Pigment Epithelial Cells

1976 • 66 citations

Human Plasma all-trans-, 13-cis- and 13-cis-4-Oxoretinoic Acid Profiles during Subchronic Vitamin A Supplementation: Comparison to Retinol and Retinyl Ester Plasma Levels

1991 • 66 citations

Retinoic acid synthesis by cytosol from the alcohol dehydrogenase negative deermouse

1989 • 61 citations

A novel family of progesterone-induced, retinol-binding proteins from uterine secretions of the pig.

1990 • 53 citations

Distributions of retinoids, retinoid‐binding proteins and related parameters in different types of liver cells isolated from young and old rats

1988 • 53 citations

Studies of the spontaneous transfer of retinol from the retinol: retinol-binding protein complex to unilamellar liposomes

1987 • 49 citations

Retinal is not formed in vitro by enzymic central cleavage of .beta.-carotene

1988 • 48 citations

Retinoic acid rapidly induces lung cellular retinol-binding protein mRNA levels in retinol deficient rats

1988 • 37 citations

Purification and Characterization of Bovine Placental Retinol-Binding Protein*

1990 • 37 citations

A Marginal Vitamin A Status Alters the Distribution of Vitamin A among Parenchymal and Stellate Cells in Rat Liver

1987 • 34 citations

Effect of retinoic acid and apo‐RBP on serum retinol concentration in acute renal failure ¹

1991 • 34 citations

Factors affecting the concentration of free holo retinol‐binding protein in human plasma

1984 • 34 citations

Relative Amount and Ester Composition of Vitamin A in Rat Hepatocytes as a Function of the Method of Cell Preparation and of Total Liver Stores

1987 • 33 citations

Retinol bound to physiological carrier molecules regulates growth and differentiation of myeloid leukemic cells.

1988 • 32 citations

Rabbits fed on β-carotene have higher serum levels of all-transretinoic acid than those receiving no β-carotene

1989 • 27 citations

Comparison of the Rate of Uptake and Biologic Effects of Retinol Added to Human Keratinocytes Either Directly to the Culture Medium or Bound to Serum Retinol-Binding Protein

1991 • 24 citations

Distribution of lecithin-retinol acyltransferase activity in different types of rat liver cells and subcellular fractions

1990 • 24 citations

Metabolism and secretion of retinol transport complex in acute renal failure

1991 • 23 citations

Distribution of retinol in rat liver cells: effect of age, sex and nutritional status

1988 • 22 citations