Vitamin A : nutrition, side effects, and supplements / Lucas P. Scott, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott, Lucas P.

Series:

Nutrition and diet research progress series.

Nutrition and diet research progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vitamin A.

Retinoids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vitamin A is an essential fat-soluble vitamin with a myriad of functions including cell differentiation, redox homeostasis, growth and immune functions. Systemic inflammation has been linked with oxidative stress and has been also associated with reduced serum concentrations of Vitamin A. This book examines the protective effect of Vitamin A on lung function and cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and coronary heart disease. Also discussed is Vitamin A and its natural derivatives, the retinoids, which participate in several biological events necessary to the maintenance of tissue homeostasis, cell cycle regulation and cell differentiation and apoptosis.

Contents:

""VITAMIN A: NUTRITION, SIDE EFFECTS AND SUPPLEMENTS ""; ""VITAMIN A: NUTRITION, SIDE EFFECTS AND SUPPLEMENTS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE""; ""VITAMIN A AND LUNG DEVELOPMENT ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""STAGES OF LUNG DEVELOPMENT ""; ""Embryonic Stage""; ""Pseudoglandular Stage ""; ""Canalicular Stage ""; ""Saccular Stage""; ""Alveolar Stage ""; ""Vitamin A Signaling Pathways during the Early Stages of Lung Development ""; ""Vitamin A Signaling Pathways during Lung Maturation ""; ""Biometric and Morphological Data from Lungs Developed under the Influence of Vitamin A ""

""Vitamin A and Lung�s Elastic Fibers""""Vitamin A and Its Derivatives during Gestation and in the Postnatal Period""; ""Vitamin A and Its Derivatives in the Adult ""; ""Lessons from Lung Injury Animal Models and Therapeutic Interventions with Vitamin A ""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""REGULATION OF VITAMIN A HOMEOSTASIS BY THE STELLATE CELL (VITAMIN A-STORING CELL) SYSTEM ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""1.1. Hepatic Stellate Cell ""; ""1.2. Mechanism of Uptake, Storage, and Secretion of Vitamin A ""

""a) Various Vitamin A-Binding Proteins Expressed in the Inside and Outside of Cells """"b) Mechanism of Cellular Uptake of Vitamin A ""; ""c) Mechanism of Cellular Storage of Vitamin A ""; ""d) Mechanism of Secretion of Vitamin A from Cells""; ""e) Retinol-Binding Proteins and Metabolic Syndrome ""; ""2. NUCLEAR RECEPTORS""; ""3. INVOLVEMENT IN HEPATIC DISEASES ""; ""4. STAP/CYTOGLOBIN EXPRESSION IN HSCS""; ""5. DEVELOPMENT (ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY) ""; ""(a) Ontogeny ""; ""(b) Phylogeny ""; ""6. VITAMIN A-STORING CELLS DISTRIBUTING IN THE WHOLE BODY ""; ""7. AGEING ""

""8. IMMUNITY AND HSCS """"CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""DOES VITAMIN A PREVENT CORONARY HEART DISEASE?""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS ""; ""RESULTS ""; ""DISCUSSION ""; ""Carotenoid Plasma Levels ""; ""Conversion of Carotenoids to Vitamin A ""; ""Risk Thresholds of Plasma Retinol in the Human ""; ""Plasma Retinol as an Indicator of Man�s Vitamin A Needs ""; ""Pathophysiological Roles of Vitamin A in CHD ""; ""Animal Pointers to a Vital Role for Vitamin A in Arterial Pathophysiology ""; ""Gene Expression""

""Inflammation and Immune Responses, Cell-Cell Interactions, and Antibodies """"Antioxidative Potential of Vitamin A ""; ""How to Achieve a Satisfactory Vitamin A Status ""; ""PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT""; ""SYNOPSIS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""GENETIC BASIS OF VITAMIN A AND ITS ROLE IN LIPID DEPOSITION AND FATTY ACID DESATURATION OF RUMINANT LIVESTOCK""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. PREVIOUS RELEVANT STUDIES ""; ""1.1. Introduction ""; ""1.2. The Role of Vitamin A ""; ""1.3. Incidence of Yellow Fat in Livestock ""; ""1.4. High Levels of Intramuscular Fat in Asian Cattle ""

""1.5. -Carotene and Desaturation of Saturated Fatty Acids ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61761-168-9