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Ascorbic acid serum levels are reduced in patients with hematological malignancies

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Huijskens, Mirelle J.A.J., Wodzig, Will K.W.H., Walczak, Mateusz, Germeraad, Wilfred T.V., Bos, Gerard M.J.·2016·Results in Immunology

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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.

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  • 30% of solid cancer patients had vitamin C levels below 11 μM, while 19% of patients with similar values were observed in a group of hematological malignancies.

    “Additionally, 30% of solid cancer patients had vitamin C levels below 11 µM, while 19% of patients with similar values were observed in a group of hematological malignancies [59,175].”
  • There is no difference between serum and plasma vitamin C levels.

    “There is no difference between serum and plasma [59,60,61,62,63].”

    From Vitamin C-Sources, Physiological Role, Kinetics, Deficiency, Use, Toxicity, and Determination (2021) · cites this paper as [59]

    The Results report serum vitamin C levels in patients and healthy volunteers, and the Discussion describes serum measurements as the current gold standard. Neither section compares serum with plasma; a search for “plasma” found no comparison in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Huijskens, M. J. A. J., Wodzig, W. K. W. H., Walczak, M., Germeraad, W. T. V., & Bos, G. M. J.
Affiliations
Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
Corresponding author
Germeraad, Wilfred T.V.
Venue
Results in Immunology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016
Volume
6
Pages
8-10
ISSN
2211-2839 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2249055939
Cited by
106
References
12
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 2
FWCI
9.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Results in Immunology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Dutch Cancer Society KWF (UM2010-4671)
  • Cancer Research Fund
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
Keywords
vitamin C, serum vitamin C, hematologic malignancies, chemotherapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, T cell proliferation, vitamin C supplementation

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