The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 227-236 , March 2010

Vitamin A deficiency alters rat lung alveolar basement membrane Reversibility by retinoic acid

  • Guillermo Esteban-Pretel

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, 46100-Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • M. Pilar Marín

      Affiliations

    • Sección de Biología y Patología Celular, Centro de Investigación Hospital “La Fe”, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Jaime Renau-Piqueras

      Affiliations

    • Sección de Biología y Patología Celular, Centro de Investigación Hospital “La Fe”, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Teresa Barber

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, 46100-Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Joaquín Timoneda

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, 46100-Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 963543189; fax: +34 963544917.

Received 18 September 2008 ,Revised 28 November 2008 ,Accepted 4 December 2008.

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☆ This work was supported by Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (FIS 05/2534), Spain; Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, U. Europea; and Generalitat Valenciana (grant GV2004-B-172). Guillermo Esteban-Pretel was a recipient of a fellowship from Generalitat Valenciana.

PII: S0955-2863(08)00267-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.12.007

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 227-236 , March 2010

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