Georg Lietz

TL;DR: Experts in the field of carotenoids met at the Hohenheim consensus conference in July 2009 to elucidate the current status of β-carotene research and to summarize the current knowledge with respect to the chemical properties, physiological function, and intake.

TL;DR: A review of biomarkers for vitamin A status assessment is presented in this article, where the authors describe the clinical and functional indicators related to eye health and biochemical biomarkers (i.e., RBP, breast-milk retinol, dose-response tests, isotope dilution methodology, and serum retinyl esters).

TL;DR: Screening of the total open reading frame of the BCMO1 coding region led to the identification of two common nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (R267S: rs12934922; A379V: rs7501331), which may provide an explanation for the molecular basis of the poor converter phenotype within the population.

TL;DR: The results of the current trial, which used a prospective recruitment approach to examine the responses in population subgroups, are indicative of a greater triacylglycerol-lowering action of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in males than in females.

TL;DR: An important role of BC is evidences for the control of body adiposity in mice and Bcmo1 is identified as critical molecular player for the regulation of PPARγ activity in adipocytes.