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ArticleNutrition and cancer2008

Elevated plasma gamma-tocopherol and decreased alpha-tocopherol in men are associated with inflammatory markers and decreased plasma 25-OH vitamin D.

Robert V Cooney, Adrian A Franke, Lynne R Wilkens, Jasmeet Gill, Laurence N Kolonel

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Article in Nutrition and cancer, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert V CooneyUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA. bob@crch.hawaii.edu
Adrian A Franke
Lynne R Wilkens
Jasmeet Gill
Laurence N Kolonel
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · US

Funding

GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CANCER IN MULTIETHNIC COHORTSR01CA063464 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI HENDERSON, BRIAN E · 2001 to 2005
$23.2M
Multiethnic Cohort Study of Diet and CancerR37CA054281 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI KOLONEL, LAURENCE N. · 2003 to 2012
$23.2M
VALIDATION OF A DIET HISTORY METHOD FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES OF CANCERP01CA033619 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI KOLONEL, LAURENCE N. · 1985 to 2010
$18.5M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA033619NCI NIH HHS R01 CA063464NCI NIH HHS R37 CA054281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation is a risk factor for many diseases of aging. Endogenous oxidants are thought to mediate the effects of inflammation and gamma-Tocopherol (gamma-Toc) may mitigate damage from nitrogen-based oxidants; however, no physiological requirement for gamma-Toc has been established. Regulation of tocopherols and their functional significance are poorly defined, thereby limiting their application in prevention. Using stored plasma samples from 657 male control subjects in a previous study of prostate cancer, we have analyzed associations of the tocopherols, inflammation markers, and 25-hydroxy (OH) vitamin D. Plasma alpha-Toc and gamma-Toc were inversely correlated, whereas delta-Toc and alpha-Toc levels were positively correlated, suggesting a unique regulatory mechanism. gamma-Toc levels were positively and alpha-Toc negatively associated with plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) and urinary isoprostane F(2t), which are markers of inflammation and oxidation. Ethnic variability in tocopherols was observed; however, this may be explained by differences in plasma 25-OH vitamin D, as gamma-Toc levels varied inversely and alpha-Toc positively with 25-OH vitamin D. In these data, all-cause mortality appeared to be positively associated with CRP and inversely with 25-OH vitamin D. We hypothesize that plasma levels of tocopherols may serve as markers of systemic inflammation, complicating epidemiologic assessment of their role in cancer etiology.

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AgedAged, 80 and overalpha-TocopherolBiomarkersC-Reactive Proteingamma-TocopherolHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesVitamin D25-hydroxyvitamin Dalpha-TocopherolBiomarkersC-Reactive Proteingamma-TocopherolVitamin D

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PMCPMC2896320
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