Un nuevo receptor de ácido retinoico identificado a partir de un carcinoma hepatocelular

D Benbrook1, E Lernhardt, M Pfahl

  • 1Cancer Research Center, La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, California 92037.

Nature
|June 16, 1988
PubMed
Resumen

Los científicos descubrieron un nuevo receptor de ácido retinoico, crucial para las funciones de la vitamina A como el crecimiento y la visión. Este receptor está altamente expresado en los tejidos epiteliales y su gen se encontró en el cáncer de hígado, lo que sugiere un papel en el desarrollo de tumores.

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