Title : The contribution of vitamin A to autocrine regulation of fat depots.

Pub. Date : 2012 Jan

PMID : 21704731






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1 Retinoic acid is generated from retinaldehyde in adipose tissue by the aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 family of enzymes (Aldh1). Tretinoin aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A1 Homo sapiens
2 In this review, we discuss the role of Aldh1 enzymes in the generation of retinoic acid during adipogenesis, in the regulation of the transcriptional network of PPARgamma in a fat-depot-specific manner, and the important contribution of this autocrine pathway in the development of visceral obesity. Tretinoin aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A1 Homo sapiens