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A Guinea Pig Model of Pediatric Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis: Poor Vitamin C Status May Advance Disease Kamilla Pedersen 1 , Ankita Poojari 2 , Simone Frederikke Colberg 1, Stine Marguerite Mechernsee 1, Jo Frøkjær Iversen 3, Romain Barrès 3,4, Jens Lykkesfeldt 1 and Pernille Tveden-Nyborg 1,* AcademicEditor: BruceW.Hollis
An association between vitamin C (vitC) deficiency and the propagation of diseases such as cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome has been suggested by both epidemiological studies in humans and in experimental animal models [1]. Vitamin C deficiency (defined in humans as a plasma concentration less than 23 μ mol/L [2]) affects approximately 10% of the adult population in the ...
A Guinea Pig Model of Pediatric Metabolic Dysfunction
Conclusions: Our study validates guinea pigs as a model of pediatric MASH and suggests that VitC contributes to an altered gene expression signature through the regulation of DNA hydroxymethylation. We postulate that nutritional co-deficiencies in MASH, such as low VitC, may accelerate disease progression and deserve further attention.

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A Guinea Pig Model of Pediatric Metabolic Dysfunction
Conclusions: Our study validates guinea pigs as a model of pediatric MASH and suggests that VitC contributes to an altered gene expression signature through the regulation of DNA hydroxymethylation. We postulate that nutritional co-deficiencies in MASH, such as low VitC, may accelerate disease progression and deserve further attention.
Vitamin C (vitC) deficiency has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease ; while several putative mechanistic links have been proposed, functional evidence supporting a causal relationship is scarce. In this study, we investigated how vitC deficiency affects coronary artery vasomotor function and the development of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in guinea pigs ...
A Guinea Pig Model of Pediatric Metabolic Dysfunction
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This study validates guinea pigs as a model of pediatric MASH and suggests that VitC contributes to an altered gene expression signature through the regulation of DNA hydroxymethylation. Background/Objectives: Children and teenagers display a distinct metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) phenotype, yet studies of childhood MASH are scarce and validated animal models lacking ...
Nutrients 2025, 17 (2), 291; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020291
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Microsomal cytochrome P450 is an important enzyme involved in drug metabolism and bioactivation in the liver. In guinea-pigs , the specific amount of cytochrome P450 depends on dietary vitamin C intake. Short-term vitamin C treatment can induce non-genomic effects on hepatocytes, such as activating mitochondrial respiration without changing cytochrome concentration. The aim of this ...