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

• Main Authors: Cornelia Haider (Author), Franziska Ferk (Author), Ekramije Bojaxhi (Author), Giuseppe Martano (Author), Hanno Stutz (Author), Nikolaus Bresgen (Author), Siegfried Knasmüller (Author), Avdulla Alija (Author), Peter M. Eckl (Author)
• 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...