Étude de la voie métabolique de la vitamine A dans le poumon fœtal humain

The presence of ADH3, RALDH1 and CYP26B1 during the four stages of normal lung development and in the A549 cell line, as well as the capacity to convert retinol to retinoic acid in these cells, indicate that fœtal human lung has the ability to regulate the supply of vitamin A from the pseudoglandular stage.