What does c-RA stand for?

13-cis-retinoic acid

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Effects of 13-cis-retinoic acid, all-trans-retinoic acid, and acitretin on the proliferation, lipid synthesis and keratin expression of cultured human sebocytes in vitro.

Beneficial actions of citrus polymethoxy flavonoids in treating acne

A vitamin A derivative called 13-cis-retinoic acid is effective in the childhood nervous system cancer called neuroblastoma, which strikes 500 people in the United States each year.

BEATING CANCER; ONSLAUGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL THERAPIES HERALDS ERA OF ...

The team designed a clinical trial in which 53 people with leukoplakia received a very large dose of 13-cis-retinoic acid for three months.

Vitamin A-like drug may ward off cancers

This chapter is dense and goes into detail on the interactions of retinoids with the cell signalling pathways, the actions on growth factors and cytokines (including interferons whose successful action in the chemoprevention of head and neck carcinoma along with 13-cis-retinoic acid has been investigated).

Vitamin A: Vitamins and Hormones (Volume 75)

Amanda Nelson, also from the Penn State group looked further into the question of how 13-cis-retinoic acid (13-cis-RA) causes sebaceous gland atrophy.

Highlights of the 68th Meeting of the Society for Investigative ...