Title : Vitamin C supplementation had no side effect in non-cancer, but had anticancer properties in ovarian cancer cells.

Pub. Date : 2021 Jun

PMID : 32008465






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1 In cancer cells, Vit C, in a pharmacological dose, decreased cell proliferation through an inhibitory effect on cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) (4.4-fold; p < 0.01), mainly due to the stimulatory effect on the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, such as p21 and p53 (3.2- and 2.8-fold, respectively; p < 0.001), but not caspase pathway. Ascorbic Acid tumor protein p53 Homo sapiens