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INRA, Laboratory of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, INSERM, Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, UMR1286, Université de Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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INRA, Laboratory of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, INSERM, Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, UMR1286, Université de Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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INRA, Laboratory of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, INSERM, Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, UMR1286, Université de Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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INRA, Laboratory of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, INSERM, Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, UMR1286, Université de Bordeaux 2, 146, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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, France) and were used concomitantly in another study. In this study, 24 Wistar rats were used for retinol measurements only. Plasma collections were performed on age-matched Wistar and LOU/C rats for subsequent retinol assays. Weaning male LOU/C rats (3
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(TSH)-induced uptake of iodide and the release of organified iodine in normal human thyrocytes ( Namba et al. 1993 ). High concentrations of retinol also exert dedifferentiating effects on normal thyrocytes ( Fröhlich et al. 2001 ). These effects
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of decidualization in the estrogen-primed endometrium, other factors, including prostaglandins, prolactin, growth factors and extracellular matrix proteins, are important. Retinoic acid (RA), the physiological active metabolite of vitamin A (retinol
Anatomy and Structural Biology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Anatomy and Structural Biology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Anatomy and Structural Biology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Anatomy and Structural Biology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Anatomy and Structural Biology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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and retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4), are also expressed in a nutritionally dependent manner or have been implicated in some way with the state of insulin resistance. FIAF, also known as angiopoietin-like protein 4, was initially discovered as a novel
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kit from Promega Corporation. The insulin ELISA kit from Mercodia, Uppsala, Sweden. GLUT4 and pAS160 antibodies from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. Rat retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) ELISA kit and secondary anti-rabbit antibody was obtained from Uscn
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Department of Endocrinology, Medical College, Department of Physiology, Department of Physical Education, Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Nantong West Street No. 98, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, China
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). Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) and adiponectin ELISA kits were obtained from Uscn Life Science (Wuhan, China). Ala6–25Cys (SSPFPPRPTRAGRETQLLRSC) were custom synthesized by GL Biochem (Shanghai, China). Animals and i.c.v. injection All animal procedures
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plasma levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) at 9 weeks of age and retinol binding protein-4 (RBP4) and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM 1) at 12 weeks of age. At 14–16 weeks of age, insulin sensitivity was measured with a
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and methods (page 689), and the heading of the first results subsection (page 690), which should all read cellular retinol binding protein, CRBP1 and not as published.
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Introduction Vitamin A is an essential nutrient consumed in the diet in the form of retinyl esters or beta carotene. Retinyl esters are transported by chylomicrons to the liver where they are converted to retinol and bound to retinol
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). Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) is both an adipokine and liver-derived protein that transports retinol (vitamin A) in the blood ( Tamori et al . 2006 ). It has been implicated in the metabolic syndrome and adipose tissue inflammation ( Kovacs et al