Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
7R01AG009839-04
Application #
2051117
Study Section
Nutrition Study Section (NTN)
Program Officer
Finkelstein, David B
Project Start
1994-07-01
Project End
1997-01-31
Budget Start
1994-07-01
Budget End
1997-01-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
1994
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Pennsylvania State University
Department
Nutrition
Type
Other Domestic Higher Education
DUNS #
City
University Park
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
16802

  Publications

Wray, Amanda E; Okita, Nori; Ross, A Catharine (2011) Cortical and trabecular bone, bone mineral density, and resistance to ex vivo fracture are not altered in response to life-long vitamin A supplementation in aging rats. J Nutr 141:660-6
Dawson, H D; Yamamoto, Y; Zolfaghari, R et al. (2000) Regulation of hepatic vitamin A storage in a rat model of controlled vitamin A status during aging. J Nutr 130:1280-6
Yamamoto, Y; Zolfaghari, R; Ross, A C (2000) Regulation of CYP26 (cytochrome P450RAI) mRNA expression and retinoic acid metabolism by retinoids and dietary vitamin A in liver of mice and rats. FASEB J 14:2119-27
Ross, A C (1996) Vitamin A deficiency and retinoid repletion regulate the antibody response to bacterial antigens and the maintenance of natural killer cells. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 80:S63-72
Zolfaghari, R; Ross, A C (1995) Chronic vitamin A intake affects the expression of mRNA for apolipoprotein A-I, but not for nuclear retinoid receptors, in liver of young and aging Lewis rats. Arch Biochem Biophys 323:258-64
Zhao, Z; Ross, A C (1995) Retinoic acid repletion restores the number of leukocytes and their subsets and stimulates natural cytotoxicity in vitamin A-deficient rats. J Nutr 125:2064-73
Arora, D; Ross, A C (1994) Antibody response against tetanus toxoid is enhanced by lipopolysaccharide or tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vitamin A-sufficient and deficient rats. Am J Clin Nutr 59:922-8
Zhao, Z; Murasko, D M; Ross, A C (1994) The role of vitamin A in natural killer cell cytotoxicity, number and activation in the rat. Nat Immun 13:29-41
Zolfaghari, R; Ross, A C (1994) Effect of vitamin A deficiency and retinoic acid repletion on intestinal and hepatic apolipoprotein A-I mRNA levels of adult rats. J Lipid Res 35:1985-92
Zhao, Z; Matsuura, T; Popoff, K et al. (1994) Effects of N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-retinamide on the number and cytotoxicity of natural killer cells in vitamin-A-sufficient and -deficient rats. Nat Immun 13:280-8

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