The epigenetic role of vitamin C in neurodevelopment

SJ Coker, CC Smith-Díaz, RM Dyson… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The maternal diet during pregnancy is a key determinant of offspring health. Early studies
have linked poor maternal nutrition during gestation with a propensity for the development of …

The anti-leukemia effect of ascorbic acid: from the pro-oxidant potential to the epigenetic role in acute myeloid leukemia

S Travaglini, C Gurnari, S Antonelli… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Data derived from high-throughput sequencing technologies have allowed a deeper
understanding of the molecular landscape of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), paving the …

Ascorbate plus buformin in AML: a metabolic targeted treatment

C Banella, G Catalano, S Travaglini, E Pelosi, T Ottone… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Acute Myeloid Leukemias (AMLs) are rapidly progressive clonal
neoplastic diseases. The overall 5-year survival rate is very poor: less than 5% in older …

Pharmacological GLUT3 salvage augments the efficacy of vitamin C-induced TET2 restoration in acute myeloid leukemia

J Liu, S Min, D Kim, J Park, E Park, S Pei, Y Koh… - Leukemia, 2023 - nature.com
Vitamin C has been demonstrated to regulate hematopoietic stem cell frequencies and
leukemogenesis by augmenting and restoring Ten-Eleven Translocation-2 (TET2) function …

Repurposing vitamin C for cancer treatment: Focus on targeting the tumor microenvironment

WN Li, SJ Zhang, JQ Feng, WL Jin - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complicated network, and several
promising TME-targeted therapies, such as immunotherapy and targeted therapies, are now …

Effects of Low Vitamin C Intake on Fertility Parameters and Pregnancy Outcomes in Guinea Pigs

SJ Coker, RM Dyson, CC Smith-Díaz, MCM Vissers… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Identifying how specific nutrients can impact fertility, pregnancy, and neonatal outcomes will
yield important insights into the biological mechanisms linking diet and reproductive health …

Targeting the tumor microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia: The future of immunotherapy and natural products

C Hino, B Pham, D Park, C Yang, MHK Nguyen, S Kaur… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays an essential role in the development, proliferation,
and survival of leukemic blasts in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Within the bone marrow …

Targeting TET2 as a Therapeutic Approach for Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma

L Hu, X Zhang, H Li, S Lin, S Zang - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recent advances in exome sequencing and comprehensive genomic
studies have shed new light on the pathogenesis and mutational landscape of …

Ascorbate Uptake and Retention by Breast Cancer Cell Lines and the Intracellular Distribution of Sodium-Dependent Vitamin C Transporter 2

C Praditi, SM Bozonet, GU Dachs, MCM Vissers - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ascorbate plays a vital role as a co-factor for a superfamily of enzymes, the 2-oxoglutarate
dependent dioxygenases (2-OGDDs), which govern numerous pathways in cancer …

Loss of TET2 with reduced genomic 5-hmC is associated with adverse-risk AML

K Pethusamy, A Seethy, R Dhar, A Karmakar… - Leukemia & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
While considerable information exists on the ten-eleven translocation 2 (TET2) mutational
landscape in AML, the information on TET2 expression is limiting. So, we aimed to study the …