Effects of β-Carotene and Its Cleavage Products in Primary Pneumocyte Type II Cells

• Autores principales: Cornelia Haider (Autor), Franziska Ferk (Autor), Ekramije Bojaxhi (Autor), Giuseppe Martano (Autor), Hanno Stutz (Autor), Nikolaus Bresgen (Autor), Siegfried Knasmüller (Autor), Avdulla Alija (Autor), Peter M. Eckl (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: MDPI AG, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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β-Carotene has been shown to increase the risk of developing lung cancer in smokers and asbestos workers in two large scale trails, the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET) and the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta-carotene Cancer Prevention Trial (ATBC). Based on this observation, it was proposed t...