Retinol Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Retinol, including details on vitamin a, uses, wrinkle treatment, anti-aging.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 4 (April)

1. Tricks of the trade for the appropriate management of newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia.
   Blood, 105(8): 3019-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Effects of pentabrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE-99) on vitamin status in domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos) hatchlings.
   J Toxicol Environ Health A, 68(7): 515-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor members repress retinoic acid-induced Cdx1 expression.
   J Biol Chem, 280(14): 13858-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Association between gestational night blindness and serum retinol in mother/newborn pairs in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
   Nutrition, 21(4): 456-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Retinoic acid stabilizes p27Kip1 in EBV-immortalized lymphoblastoid B cell lines through enhanced proteasome-dependent degradation of the p45Skp2 and Cks1 proteins.
   Oncogene, 24(15): 2483-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. All-trans-retinoic acid treatment inhibits the growth of retinoic acid receptor beta messenger ribonucleic acid expressing thyroid cancer cell lines but does not reinduce the expression of thyroid-specific genes.
   J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(4): 2403-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Differential effects of all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) on Erk1/2 phosphorylation and cAMP accumulation in normal and malignant human prostate epithelial cells: Erk1/2 inhibition restores RA-induced decrease of cell growth in malignant prostate cells.
   Eur J Endocrinol, 152(4): 663-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Retinoic acid activates human secretin gene expression by Sp proteins and nuclear factor I in neuronal SH-SY5Y cells.
   J Neurochem, 93(2): 339-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Carotenoids, retinol and tocopherols in blood: comparability between serum and plasma (Li-heparin) values.
   Clin Biochem, 38(5): 444-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The human hyaluronan synthase 2 gene is a primary retinoic acid and epidermal growth factor responding gene.
    J Biol Chem, 280(15): 14636-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Serum trans-fatty acids are associated with risk of prostate cancer in beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial.
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 14(4): 988-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Anti-epileptogenic effect of beta-carotene and vitamin A in pentylenetetrazole-kindling model of epilepsy in mice.
    Epilepsy Res, 63(1): 11-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Vitamin A supplementation during war-emergency in Guinea-Bissau 1998-1999.
    Acta Trop, 93(3): 275-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. 13-cis retinoic acid and isomerisation in paediatric oncology--is changing shape the key to success?
    Biochem Pharmacol, 69(9): 1299-306. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Influence of binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate, all-trans-retinol, palmitate, and 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonate on the heat-induced unfolding and aggregation of beta-lactoglobulin B.
    J Agric Food Chem, 53(8): 3197-205. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Inhibitory effects of vitamin A on TCDD-induced cytochrome P-450 1A1 enzyme activity and expression.
    Toxicol Sci, 85(1): 727-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Teratogenic effects of retinoic acid are modulated in mice lacking expression of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha.
    Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol, 73(4): 204-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Transforming growth factor-beta1 signaling participates in the physiological and pathological regulation of mouse inner ear development by all-trans retinoic acid.
    Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol, 73(4): 218-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Serum concentration of vitamins A and E and lipid in a rural population of north Cameroon.
    Ann Nutr Metab, 49(1): 26-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The mouse chemerin receptor gene, mcmklr1, utilizes alternative promoters for transcription and is regulated by all-trans retinoic acid.
    Gene, 350(1): 65-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Expression of the retinoic acid-metabolizing enzyme CYP26A1 limits programmed cell death.
    Mol Pharmacol, 67(5): 1808-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Activation of Rac1 by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in vivo: role in activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways and retinoic acid-induced neuronal differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells.
    J Neurochem, 93(3): 571-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Differences in gene expression between wild type and Hoxa1 knockout embryonic stem cells after retinoic acid treatment or leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) removal.
    J Biol Chem, 280(16): 16484-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Retinoic acid induces CDK inhibitors and growth arrest specific (Gas) genes in neural crest cells.
    Dev Growth Differ, 47(3): 119-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Contribution of cellular retinol-binding protein type 1 to retinol metabolism during mouse development.
    Dev Dyn, 233(1): 167-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Distinct modulation of a gene expression of the type 1 and 2 IP(3) receptors by retinoic acid in brain areas.
    Neurochem Int, 46(7): 559-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Retinoic acid synthesis by a population of NG2-positive cells in the injured spinal cord.
    Eur J Neurosci, 21(6): 1555-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Retinoic acid controls the bilateral symmetry of somite formation in the mouse embryo.
    Science, 308(5721): 563-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Inducing embryonic stem cells to differentiate into pancreatic beta cells by a novel three-step approach with activin A and all-trans retinoic acid.
    Stem Cells, 23(5): 656-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Retinoic acid-dependent attraction of adult spinal cord axons towards regenerating newt limb blastemas in vitro.
    Dev Biol, 281(1): 112-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Development of tretinoin gels for enhanced transdermal delivery.
    Eur J Pharm Biopharm, 60(1): 67-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Adult blindness secondary to vitamin A deficiency associated with an eating disorder.
    Nutrition, 21(5): 630-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Identification and characterization of the retinoic acid response elements in the human RIG1 gene promoter.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 331(2): 630-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Hormone regulation of microglial cell activation: relevance to multiple sclerosis.
    Brain Res Brain Res Rev, 48(2): 322-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. ID1 and ID2 are retinoic acid responsive genes and induce a G0/G1 accumulation in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells.
    Leukemia, 19(5): 799-805. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. 9-cis-retinoic acid inhibits androgen receptor activity through activation of retinoid X receptor.
    Mol Endocrinol, 19(5): 1200-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Levels of serum vitamin A, alpha-tocopherol and malondialdehyde in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: relationship with histopathologic severity.
    Int J Clin Pract, 59(3): 318-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Prevention of rat hepatocarcinogenesis by acyclic retinoid is accompanied by reduction in emergence of both TGF-alpha-expressing oval-like cells and activated hepatic stellate cells.
    Nutr Cancer, 51(2): 197-206. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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