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Vitamin A Metabolism and Adipose Tissue Biology

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Frey, Simone K., Vogel, Silke·2011·Nutrients

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In recent years, the importance of vitamin A in adipose tissue biology, obesity and type II diabetes has become apparent. This review focuses on recent developments within the area of vitamin A and adipose tissue biology. Adipose tissue has an active vitamin A metabolism as it not only stores vitamin A but retinol is also converted to its active metabolite retinoic acid. Several mouse models point to a relationship between vitamin A metabolism and the development of adiposity. Similarly, in vitro studies provide new molecular mechanisms for the function of different forms of vitamin A and retinol- or retinoic acid-binding proteins in adipose tissue.

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  • Vitamin A is stored in the body in the form of retinyl ester; the highest amounts are stored in the liver, but it is also found in adipose tissue, lungs and the RPE.

    “The highest amounts of vitamin A are stored in the liver, but it is also found in adipose tissue, lungs and the RPE [2,3,4,5,6].”

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    The Introduction identifies hepatic stellate cells as the body's major vitamin A storage site and says retinol is stored as retinyl ester there and, to a smaller extent, in extrahepatic tissues including adipose tissue. Section 2.2 also says adipose tissue stores retinoids as retinyl esters. Our copy does not identify the lungs or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) as storage sites; page numbers were not available. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient that the human body cannot synthesize on its own and must ingest.

    “Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient, which means that the human body cannot synthesize it on its own and must be ingested.”

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  1. [9]Blaner W.S. Olson J.A. Retinol and retinoic acid metabolism The Retinoids: Biology, Chemistry and Medicine Sporn M.B. Roberts A.B. Goodman D.S. Raven Press New York, NY, USA 1994 229 255

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Authors
Frey, S. K., & Vogel, S.
Affiliations
Columbia University (US)
Corresponding author
Vogel, Silke
Venue
Nutrients
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2011-01-06
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
27-39
ISSN
2072-6643 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2149014180
Cited by
123
References
68
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords
vitamin A metabolism, adipose tissue, obesity, type 2 diabetes, retinoic acid, retinol, retinol-binding protein, adipose tissue biology, adiposity
MeSH terms
Adipose Tissue, Animals, Tretinoin, Vitamin A, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Mice, Knockout, Adiposity, Mice, Rats, Retinol-Binding Proteins, Cellular

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