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Title: |
Regulation of Vitamin A Homeostasis by the Stellate Cell (Vitamin A-Storing Cell) System |
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| By (author): |
Haruki Senoo, Kiwamu Yoshikawa, Yoshihiro Mezaki, Mayako Morii, Mutsunori Fujiwara |
| ISBN10-13: |
1617613134 : 9781617613135 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
140x215mm |
| Pages: |
55 |
| Weight: |
.108 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - February 2011 |
| List Price: |
52.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Dietetics & nutrition |
| Vitamin A-storing cells in the liver exist in the space between parenchymal cells and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells of the hepatic lobule, and store 50-80% of vitamin A in the whole body as retinyl palmitate in lipid droplets in the cytoplasm. In physiological conditions, these cells play pivotal roles in the regulation of vitamin A homeostasis. In pathological conditions such as hepatic fibrosis or liver cirrhosis, hepatic stellate cells lose vitamin A, and synthesise a large amount of extracellular matrix components including collagen, proteoglycan, glycosaminoglycan, and adhesive glycoproteins. Morphology of these cells also changes from the star-shaped stellate cells to that of fibroblasts or myofibroblasts. This book discusses and presents research on vitamin A-storing cells. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Introduction; Nuclear Receptors; Involvement in Hepatic Diseases; Stap/Ctyoglobin Expression In HSCS; Development (Ontogeny & Phylogeny); Ageing; Immunity & HSCS; Conclusions; Index. |
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