Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In this paper we demonstrate that patients treated with chemotherapy and/or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) have highly significant reduced serum ascorbic acid (AA) levels compared to healthy controls. We recently observed in in vitro experiments that growth of both T and NK cells from hematopoietic stem cells is positively influenced by AA. It might be of clinical relevance to study the function and recovery of immune cells after intensive treatment, its correlation to AA serum levels and the possible effect of AA supplementation.
Source: Results in Immunology
Authors: Mirelle J.A.J. Huijskens, Will K.W.H. Wodzig, Mateusz Walczak, Wilfred T.V. Germeraad, Gerard M.J. Bos
Institution: Maastricht University Medical Centre
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2249055939