Friday, October 7, 2011

Vitamin A and Type 1 diabetes

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

In the abstract of the study of "A close relationship between type 1 diabetes and vitamin A-deficiency and matrix metalloproteinase and hyaluronidase activities in skin tissues" by Takahashi N, Takasu S., posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers concluded that a close relationship between type 1 diabetes and vitamin A-deficiency on MMP and HAase in skin tissues, suggesting that type 1 diabetic rats could be vitamin A-deficient. Vitamin A-derived RA might be a significant regulator of ECM-degrading enzyme expression and diabetic symptoms.

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