title: Serum amyloid A proteins take retinol for a ride.
abstract: Vitamin A plays pleiotropic roles in the immune system. A recent eLife paper by Hooper and colleagues shows that hepatic and intestinal serum amyloid A proteins, which are induced in response to infection, can transport vitamin A metabolites to tissues and thus impact immune responses both locally and systemically.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Esterházy
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: mucida@rockefeller.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mucida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000378:metabolism*; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein / Q000737:chemistry*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins; D000685:Serum Amyloid A Protein; D014801:Vitamin A