Genetic and functional studies of two intestinal vitamin C transporters, SLC23A1 and GLUT14, associated with inflammatory bowel disease
It had long been known that individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), comprising Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), have locally reduced vitamin C levels in the intestinal mucosa, which equates to an overall loss of the antioxidant capacity and increase risk of oxidative tiss...
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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31001 |