The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 12, Issue 11 , Pages 610-621 , November 2001

Acyl-CoA: retinol acyltransferase (ARAT) and lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) activation during the lipocyte phenotype induction in hepatic stellate cells

  • Vitor A Fortuna

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica, Instituto de Quı́mica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Luiz C Trugo

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquı́mica, Instituto de Quı́mica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Radovan Borojevic

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Programa Avançado de Biologia Celular Aplicada à Medicina, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +5521-2562-6484; fax: +5521-2562-6483

Received 4 January 2001 ,Revised 4 June 2001 ,Accepted 2 July 2001.

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The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 12, Issue 11 , Pages 610-621 , November 2001

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