..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Retinyl acetate Epidermal cell proliferation Vitamin A Retinol...

...Georges Siegenthaler; Jean-Hilaire Saurat; Denis Salomon; Yves Mérot We have previously found an important increase of cellular retinoic acid-binding protein (CRABP) in psoriatic plaques whereas the cellular retinol-binding protein (CRBP) was not elevated compared to normal human skin...

...F. Chytil; D.R. Sherman The main physiological function of natural retinoids, i.e. the dietary micronutrient retinol and its metabolite retinoic acid, is in proper differentiation and maintenance of differentiated state of many if not all epithelia. Also, it appears that the metabolism...

...J.W. Fluhr; M.-P. Vienne; C. Lauze; P. Dupuy; W. Gehring; M. Gloor Background: Topical retinoic acid (RA) causes irritation of the skin. To prevent this side effect, natural precursors of RA have been proposed. The aim of the present study was to compare the local tolerance profiles of retinol (ROL...

..., Grand D, Sass JO, Nau H, Saurat J-H: Topical retinaldehyde increases skin content of retinoic acid and exerts biologic activity in mouse skin. J Invest Dermatol 1996; 107:714–719. 5. Siegenthaler G, Saurat J-H, Ponec M: Retinol and retinal metabolism: Relationship to the state of differentiation...