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Vitamin A deficiency

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In vivo electrical stimulation of the optic nerve and hybrid computational model for neuroprosthetic applications

Silvestro Micera, Diego Ghezzi, Samuel Charles Antoine Gilliéron, Fiorenzo Artoni, Paola Vagni, Vivien Gaillet

Blindness affects millions of people worldwide, dramatically decreasing their quality of life. Retinal dystrophies, such as age related macular degeneration and Retinitis Pigmentosa, which are leading causes of blindness in industrialized countries, curren ...

2018

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) unfolded protein response (UPR(er)) pathway plays an important role in helping pancreatic β cells to adapt their cellular responses to environmental cues and metabolic stress. Although altered UPR(er) gene expression appears ...

Elsevier2016

Study of the influence of over-the-counter vitamin supplement intake on urine fluorescence to optimize cancer detection by fluorescence cystoscopy

Hubert van den Bergh, Georges Wagnières, Matthieu Philippe Emmanuel Zellweger, Carla Martoccia

Fluorescence cystoscopy (FC) efficiently enhances the detection and improves the therapeutic management of early bladder cancer. During an FC, about 150 ml of water is needed to inflate the bladder. The water is quickly diluted by urine which can be fluore ...

Spie-Soc Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers2015

Vitamin D and energy homeostasis-of mice and men

Johan Auwerx, Kristina Schoonjans, Alessia Perino

The vitamin D endocrine system has many extraskeletal targets, including adipose tissue. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D-3, the active form of vitamin D, not only increases adipogenesis and the expression of typical adipocyte genes but also decreases the expressio ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Oligopotent stem cells are distributed throughout the mammalian ocular surface

Yann Barrandon, Ariane Rochat, Georges Abou Jaoudé

The integrity of the cornea, the most anterior part of the eye, is indispensable for vision. Forty- five million individuals worldwide are bilaterally blind and another 135 million have severely impaired vision in both eyes because of loss of corneal trans ...

2008

Corneal epithelial cell fate is maintained during repair by Notch1 signaling via the regulation of vitamin A metabolism

Freddy Radtke, Yann Barrandon

Integrity and preservation of a transparent cornea are essential for good vision. The corneal epithelium is stratified and nonkeratinized and is maintained and repaired by corneal stem cells. Here we demonstrate that Notch1 signaling is essential for cell ...

2007

Pancreatic secretion in man with subclinical vitamin D deficiency

Johan Auwerx

The effects of subclinical vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D supplementation on oral glucose tolerance and secretion of pancreatic hormones were studied in 10 diphenylhydantoin-treated epileptic patients and 15 geriatric patients. Their mean serum concent ...

1986

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