Dietary carotenoids in normal and pathological tissues of corpus uteri.

Carotenoids and retinyl esters are the source of vitamin A in the human body and its natural derivatives takes part in the regulation of cell replication and differentiation in the human endometrium, may induce the leiomyoma growth and has a role in differentiation of endometrial adenocarcinoma. The...

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Main Authors: Sławomir Wołczyński, Ewa Czeczuga-Semeniuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2008-12-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4419