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Vitamin A depletion induced by cigarette smoke is associated with an increase in lung cancer-related markers in rats

BACKGROUND: We have previously demonstrated that cigarette smoke is associated with a significant reduction of retinoic acid in rat lungs and the formation of tracheal precancerous lesions. However, the underlying mechanism of cancer risk induced by vitamin A deficiency is unclear. The purpose of th...

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Autores principales: Xue, Yuan, Harris, Ethan, Wang, Weiqun, Baybutt, Richard C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4605095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26462767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12929-015-0189-0