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Tomohiro Yano
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
561-572
Published: December 25, 2015
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It is well known that vitamin E acts as a useful preventive agent against several types of cancers and stroke. However, there are conflicting results on a role of vitamin E in the prevention of these diseases. In order to clarify the conflicting results, meta-analysis of current results obtained from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted. Meta-analysis of 7 RCTs on cancer identified showed no significant difference on the effect of vitamin E supplementation on incidence and mortality in cancers tested. However, there was heterogeneity in the meta-analysis of prostate cancer incidence, indicating the possibility that vitamin E supplementation has a suppressive effect against the cancer in some cases. With respect to incidence and mortality in stroke, meta-analysis of 6 RCTs identified was conducted, and vitamin E supplementation significantly reduced the incidence of ischemic stroke, but not hemorrhagic stroke. Thus, it is suggested that vitamin E supplementation has a preventive effect on ischemic stroke.
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Fumihito Nozaki
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
573-578
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Yoshihisa Hirota, Seiji Noda, Eri Nishida, Yukihiro Kitamura, Hitoshi ...
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
579-582
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Kazuo Sueki
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
583-585
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Yutaka Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Yasui
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
586-589
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[in Japanese], [in Japanese]
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
590-591
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[in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japane ...
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
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[in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japane ...
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
591-592
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[in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japane ...
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
592-593
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[in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese], [in Japanese]
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
593-594
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
595-596
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Yue Ma, Naoki Ogawa, Yuko Yoshikawa, Toshiaki Mori, Tadayuki Imanaka, ...
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
596-597
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The protective effect of ascorbic acid (AA) against double-strand breaks (DSBs) in DNA caused by various sources of radiation was evaluated by single-molecule observation of giant DNA (T4 DNA; 166kbp) through the use of fluorescence microscopy. Samples were exposed to three different forms of radiation: visible light, γ-ray and ultrasound. With regard to irradiation with visible light in the presence of a photo-sensitizer to induce reactive oxygen, 1 mM AA reduced the damage down to ca.30%. The same concentration of AA decreased the damage caused by γ-ray to ca.70%. In contrast, AA had almost no protective effect against the damage caused by ultrasound. Summarizing the results and discussion we may conclude as that: 1) The significant protective effect of AA against photo-induced damage may reflect the effective diminish of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by AA. 2) As for γ-ray, there exist the protective effect by AA but a little bit weaker than the case of photo irradiation. This may be due to the generation of plural number of ROS by single photon of γ-ray. Surviving ROS against the diminishment effect by AA may cause DSBs. 3) As for the DSBs by ultrasound, physical damage caused by the shockwave through the generation of cavitation dominates. Thus, the chemical effect of AA is considered to be negligible small for the protection of DSBs.
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2015 Volume 89 Issue 12 Pages
598-602
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