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Novel aspects of vitamin C: how important is glypican-1 recycling?

Fransson, Lars-Åke LU and Mani, Katrin LU orcid (2007) In Trends in Molecular Medicine 13(4). p.143-149
Abstract
The reduced form of vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is well known for its function as an antioxidant and as a protective agent against scurvy. However, many recent studies indicate other functions for vitamin C in mammalian cells. Novel findings provide possible explanations for observed beneficial effects of a high intake of vitamin C on cell growth, gene transcription, host resistance to infection, uptake of polyamines and clearance of misfolded proteins. Vitamin C exerts its effects indirectly via hypoxia-inducible factor, nitric oxide synthase and the heparan sulfate proteoglycan glypican-1, which is deglycanated in a vitamin C- and copper-dependent reaction.
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10.1016/j.molmed.2007.02.005
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  series       = {{Trends in Molecular Medicine}},
  title        = {{Novel aspects of vitamin C: how important is glypican-1 recycling?}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4440891/625904.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.molmed.2007.02.005}},
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