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Vitamin A Deficiency and the Lung.
Teresa BarberMaría Pilar MarínCabezuelo MtRodríguez-fernández LLuis Enrique Nores TorresRosa ZaragozáViñaJoaquín Timonedasubject
0301 basic medicineVitamincollagenLung DiseasesEpithelial-Mesenchymal Transitionextracellular matrixRetinoic acidlcsh:TX341-641Reviewepithelial–mesenchymal transitionlungExtracellular matrix03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineRisk Factorsretinoic acidMedicineAnimalsHumans030212 general & internal medicineVitamin AN-cadherinpulmonary diseaseNutrition and DieteticsLungbusiness.industryVitamin A DeficiencyRegeneration (biology)RetinolE-cadherinMicronutrientmedicine.diseaseVitamin A deficiency030104 developmental biologymedicine.anatomical_structureE-cadherin N-cadherin Vitamin A deficiency collagen epithelial–mesenchymal transition extracellular matrix lung pulmonary disease retinoic acid retinolchemistryImmunologyAirway Remodelingbusinesslcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supplyFood ScienceretinolSignal Transductiondescription
Vitamin A (all-trans-retinol) is a fat-soluble micronutrient which together with its natural derivatives and synthetic analogues constitutes the group of retinoids. They are involved in a wide range of physiological processes such as embryonic development, vision, immunity and cellular differentiation and proliferation. Retinoic acid (RA) is the main active form of vitamin A and multiple genes respond to RA signalling through transcriptional and non-transcriptional mechanisms. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a remarkable public health problem. An adequate vitamin A intake is required in early lung development, alveolar formation, tissue maintenance and regeneration. In fact, chronic VAD has been associated with histopathological changes in the pulmonary epithelial lining that disrupt the normal lung physiology predisposing to severe tissue dysfunction and respiratory diseases. In addition, there are important alterations of the structure and composition of extracellular matrix with thickening of the alveolar basement membrane and ectopic deposition of collagen I. In this review, we show our recent findings on the modification of cell-junction proteins in VAD lungs, summarize up-to-date information related to the effects of chronic VAD in the impairment of lung physiology and pulmonary disease which represent a major global health problem and provide an overview of possible pathways involved.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-01 |