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ArticleeLife2022

Epigenetic remodeling by vitamin C potentiates plasma cell differentiation.

Heng-Yi Chen, Ana Almonte-Loya, Fang-Yun Lay, Michael Hsu, Eric Johnson, Edahí González-Avalos, Jieyun Yin, Richard S Bruno, Qin Ma, Hazem E Ghoneim and 3 more

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Vγ9Vδ2 T cells expanded with vitamin C combined with HMBPPFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  10. The Involvement of Ascorbic Acid in Cancer Treatment.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Heng-Yi Chen *Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9283-6144
Ana Almonte-Loya *Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Fang-Yun LayDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Michael HsuDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3852-1461
Eric JohnsonDivision of Gene Expression and Signaling, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, San Diego, CA, United States.
Edahí González-AvalosDivision of Gene Expression and Signaling, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, San Diego, CA, United States.
Jieyun YinDivision of Gene Expression and Signaling, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, San Diego, CA, United States.
Richard S BrunoHuman Nutrition Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Qin MaBiomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Hazem E GhoneimDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Daniel J WozniakDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Fiona E HarrisonDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Chan-Wang Jerry LioDepartment of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3876-6741
La Jolla Institute for Immunology · USThe Ohio State University · USThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

TET-mediated Epigenetic Regulation in the Development and Immunoevasion of B cell LymphomaK22CA241290 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LIO, JERRY CHAN-WANG · 2020 to 2022
$485k
NCI NIH HHS K22 CA241290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ascorbate (vitamin C) is an essential micronutrient in humans. The severe chronic deficiency of ascorbate, termed scurvy, has long been associated with increased susceptibility to infections. How ascorbate affects the immune system at the cellular and molecular levels remained unclear. From a micronutrient analysis, we identified ascorbate as a potent enhancer for antibody response by facilitating the IL-21/STAT3-dependent plasma cell differentiation in mouse and human B cells. The effect of ascorbate is unique as other antioxidants failed to promote plasma cell differentiation. Ascorbate is especially critical during early B cell activation by poising the cells to plasma cell lineage without affecting the proximal IL-21/STAT3 signaling and the overall transcriptome. As a cofactor for epigenetic enzymes, ascorbate facilitates TET2/3-mediated DNA modification and demethylation of multiple elements at the

Indexed as

Ascorbic AcidVitaminsAnimalsCell DifferentiationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsHumansMiceAscorbic AcidVitaminsB cellsepigeneticshumanimmunologyinflammationmicronutrientsmouseplasma cellsTETvitamin C

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PMID36069787
PMCPMC9451539
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