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Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor Contributes to β-Carotene Uptake in the Maternal Liver

Vitamin A regulates many essential mammalian biological processes, including embryonic development. β-carotene is the main source of vitamin A in the human diet. Once ingested, it is packaged into lipoproteins, predominantly low-density lipoproteins (LDL), and transported to different sites within t...

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Autores principales: Shete, Varsha, Costabile, Brianna K., Kim, Youn-Kyung, Quadro, Loredana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5188420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27916814
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8120765