Hepatic stellate cells uptake of retinol
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Vitor A. Fortuna; Renata B. Martucci; Luiz C. Trugo; Radovan Borojevic
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Retinol is stored in liver, and the dynamic balance between its accumulation and mobilization is regulated by hepatic stellate cells (HSC). Representing less than 1% total liver protein, HSC can reach a very high intracellular retinoid (vitaminβA and its metabolites) concentration, whic