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Vitamin A Compound Could Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Vitamin A Compound Could Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis
"THURSDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Research in mice suggests that a vitamin A derivative, retinoic acid, may fight autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as colitis or rheumatoid arthritis, U.S. scientists say."

"A team at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology in California found that manipulating the amount of retinoic acid (a substance derived when vitamin A is broken down in the body) in the mice affected levels of pro-inflammatory T-cells."

"These T-cells are a type of white blood cell that plays a role in several inflammatory and autoimmune diseases."

""We found that you can control inflammation in a living animal with retinoic acid or you can treat cells with retinoic acid in a test tube and transfer
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