Serum amyloid A is a retinol binding protein that transports retinol during bacterial infection

Serum amyloid A is a retinol binding protein that transports retinol during bacterial infection

Retinol plays a vital role in the immune response to infection, yet proteins that mediate retinol transport during infection have not been identified. Serum amyloid A (SAA) proteins are strongly induced in the liver by systemic infection and in the intestine by bacterial colonization, but their exac...

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Main Authors: Mehabaw G Derebe, Clare M Zlatkov, Sureka Gattu, Kelly A Ruhn, Shipra Vaishnava, Gretchen E Diehl, John B MacMillan, Noelle S Williams, Lora V Hooper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2014-07-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
retinol transport
serum amyloid A
acute phase response
crystal structure
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/03206

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/03206

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