Intracellular uptake mechanism of lutein in retinal pigment epithelial cells.

CONCLUSION: The uptake of lutein was significantly decreased by 40% compared with the control uptake level. This suggested that active transport of lutein into ARPE-19 cells is mainly via SR-B1, given the result that lutein uptake at 4ºC was about 40% less that that at 37ºC. PMID: 24021296 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: J Pharm Pharm Sci Source Type: research