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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Poulain, Stéphane
• Evenou, Fanny
• Carré, Marie-Christiane
• Corbel, Serge
• Vignaud, Jean-Michel
• Martinet, Nadine

Titel

Vitamin A/retinoids signalling in the human lung

Ist Teil von

• Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2009-10, Vol.66 (1), p.1-7

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Elsevier Ireland Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Vitamin A is used as a generic term for all vitamin A derivatives with retinol-like biological activity. Retinol is the main parent compound for vitamin A. It derives from carotenoids (provitamin A) and also directly from the pre-formed vitamin A contained in the diet. The term “retinoid” is a generic descriptor of compounds structurally related to vitamin A and the synthetic analogues of retinol with or without biological activity. Retinoic acid is the active cellular catabolite. Vitamin A/retinoids have been given cancer-preventive functions and subsequently used in clinical trials to reduce lung cancer incidence in high-risk individuals. The results obtained have been in contradiction with both in vivo and in vitro promising studies. It seems therefore necessary to develop a better understanding of the vitamin A/retinoids signalling pathways in the lung. With this aim, we summarise the relevant knowledge focussed on the lung.