Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I (SR-BI) Is Involved in Vitamin E Transport across the Enterocyte

Reboul, Emmanuelle; Klein, Alexis; Biétrix, Florence; Gleize, Béatrice; Malezet‐Desmoulins, Christiane; Schneider, Martina; Margotat, Alain; Lagrost, Laurent; Collet, Xavier; Borel, Patrick

doi:10.1074/jbc.m509042200

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Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I (SR-BI) Is Involved in Vitamin E Transport across the Enterocyte

Published in Journal of Biological Chemistry • Dec 28, 2005

Authors:

Emmanuelle Reboul

Alexis Klein

Florence Biétrix

Abstract

Although cellular uptake of vitamin E was initially described as a passive process, recent studies in the liver and brain have shown that SR-BI (scavenger receptor class B type I) is involved in this phenomenon. As SR-BI is expressed at high levels in the intestine, the present study addressed the i...

Subject

Scavenger receptor

Enterocyte

Scavenger

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