Does Vitamin K2 Prevent Cancer?(Brief article)Gaby, Alan R
Vitamin K2AutophagyApoptosisReactive oxygen speciesVitamin K 2 (VK2) has been reported to induce apoptosis in many types of cancer cells including leukemia. However, there are no precise reports regarding the breast cancer cells. From the stand point of clinical implications of VK2 including ...
involves apoptotic induction of leukemia cells, which may be attributed to the covalent association of vitamin K2 epoxide with pro-apoptotic protein Bak. The progress of vitamin K research has opened up new possibilities that vitamin K can be useful for prevention and treatment of a variety of ...
Epidemiologic studies linking dietary intake of vitamin K with the development of prostate cancer have not yet been conducted. Objective We evaluated the association between dietary intake of phylloquinone (vitamin K1) and menaquinones (vitamin K2) and total and advanced prostate cancer in the ...
Epidemiologic studies linking dietary intake of vitamin K with the development of prostate cancer have not yet been conducted.We evaluated the association between dietary intake of phylloquinone (vitamin K1) and menaquinones (vitamin K2) and total and advanced prostate cancer in the Heidelberg cohort...
Vitamin K2 for Youthful Skin, Fertility and Preventing Cancer As we’ve discussed in this series, the benefits of Vitamin K2 begin from inside your teeth, right through to your gums, heart and bones. What’s good for our teeth is good for our whole body(that’s why our teeth are a gr...
Previous studies have established the anticancer effect of vitamin K2 (VK2). However, its effect on lymphoma induced by UBIAD1/heix mutation in Drosophila remains unknown. Therefore, we aimed to develop an in vivo model of lymphoma for the precise charac
“B12 is important for helping support energy-yielding metabolism and normal cell division.” Iron:“Iron is lost during menstruation, so boosting your iron intake with a multivitamin can be beneficial,” Martin-Biggers notes. Vitamin K2:“Vitamin K2 can be more difficult to find in typical ...
and the menaquinones (K2), in which the number of prenyl residues may vary from 4 to 13, and all are unsaturated.1(K3, the 2-methylnaphthoquinone ring without a side chain, is a synthetic analogue used to potentiate cancer chemotherapy and is banned from use in nutritional supplement...
New insights into vitamin K biology with relevance to cancer Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Feb 19;20(4):896. doi: 10.3390/ijms20040896. 30791399 Vlasschaert C, Goss CJ, Pilkey NG, McKeown S, Holden RM. Vitamin K2-a neglected player in cardiovascular health: a narrative review Nutrients. 2020 ...