Serum Amyloid A proteins take retinol for a ride

• Autores: Daria A. Esterházy, Daniel Mucida
• Localización: Trends in immunology, ISSN 1471-4906, Vol. 35, Nº. 11, 2014, págs. 505-506
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Vitamin A plays pleiotropic roles in the immune system. A recent eLife paper by Hooper and colleagues shows that hepatic and intestinal serum amyloid A proteins, which are induced in response to infection, can transport vitamin A metabolites to tissues and thus impact immune responses both locally and systemically.