The relationship between vitamin B6, diabetes and cancer

• Main Authors: Merigliano, Chiara, Mascolo, Elisa, Burla, Romina, Saggio, Isabella, Vernì, Fiammetta
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Vitamin B6; Diabetes; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103318; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47300
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP), the active form of vitamin B6, works as cofactor in numerous enzymatic reactions and it behaves as antioxidant molecule. PLP deficiency has been associated to many human pathologies including cancer and diabetes and the mechanism behind this connection is now becoming c...