The liver as a target organ of retinoids.
Retinoids have several biological functions including cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis. In liver, retinoids are known to be associated with regeneration, fibrosis and carcinogenesis. The facts that retinoid droplets in stellate cells are lost with progression of liver disease and that effectiveness of an acyclic retinoid on second primary liver cancer suggest the importance of liver as a target organ of retinoids. Our recent work has indicated that retinoids have antioxidant effects in association with regulation of fatty acid metabolism. In this review article, we discussed the important function of retinoids in liver, mainly from molecular aspects.
Shiota
Goshi
G
Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Genetic Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8504, Japan.
Tsuchiya
Hiroyuki
H
Hoshikawa
Yoshiko
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