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Vitamin A in Skin and Hair: An Update
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble micronutrient necessary for the growth of healthy skin and hair. However, both too little and too much vitamin A has deleterious effects. Retinoic acid and retinal are the main active metabolites of vitamin A. Retinoic acid dose-dependently regulates hair follicle stem cel...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9324272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35889909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142952 |
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author | VanBuren, Christine A. Everts, Helen B. |
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description | Vitamin A is a fat-soluble micronutrient necessary for the growth of healthy skin and hair. However, both too little and too much vitamin A has deleterious effects. Retinoic acid and retinal are the main active metabolites of vitamin A. Retinoic acid dose-dependently regulates hair follicle stem cells, influencing the functioning of the hair cycle, wound healing, and melanocyte stem cells. Retinoic acid also influences melanocyte differentiation and proliferation in a dose-dependent and temporal manner. Levels of retinoids decline when exposed to ultraviolet irradiation in the skin. Retinal is necessary for the phototransduction cascade that initiates melanogenesis but the source of that retinal is currently unknown. This review discusses new research on retinoids and their effects on the skin and hair. |
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spelling | pubmed-93242722022-07-27 Vitamin A in Skin and Hair: An Update VanBuren, Christine A. Everts, Helen B. Nutrients Review Vitamin A is a fat-soluble micronutrient necessary for the growth of healthy skin and hair. However, both too little and too much vitamin A has deleterious effects. Retinoic acid and retinal are the main active metabolites of vitamin A. Retinoic acid dose-dependently regulates hair follicle stem cells, influencing the functioning of the hair cycle, wound healing, and melanocyte stem cells. Retinoic acid also influences melanocyte differentiation and proliferation in a dose-dependent and temporal manner. Levels of retinoids decline when exposed to ultraviolet irradiation in the skin. Retinal is necessary for the phototransduction cascade that initiates melanogenesis but the source of that retinal is currently unknown. This review discusses new research on retinoids and their effects on the skin and hair. MDPI 2022-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9324272/ /pubmed/35889909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142952 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review VanBuren, Christine A. Everts, Helen B. Vitamin A in Skin and Hair: An Update |
title | Vitamin A in Skin and Hair: An Update |
title_full | Vitamin A in Skin and Hair: An Update |
title_fullStr | Vitamin A in Skin and Hair: An Update |
title_full_unstemmed | Vitamin A in Skin and Hair: An Update |
title_short | Vitamin A in Skin and Hair: An Update |
title_sort | vitamin a in skin and hair: an update |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9324272/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35889909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14142952 |
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