Vitamin C enhances anticancer activity in methotrexate‑treated Hep3B hepatocellular carcinoma cells
- Authors:
- Giou-Teng Yiang
- Pei-Lun Chou
- Yu-Ting Hung
- Jen-Ni Chen
- Wei-Jung Chang
- Yung-Luen Yu
- Chyou-Wei Wei
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Affiliations: Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan, R.O.C., Division of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Mary's Hospital Luodong, Yilan 265, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Nutrition, Master Program of Biomedical Nutrition, Hungkuang University, Shalu, Taichung 433, Taiwan, R.O.C., Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C., Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology, and Center for Molecular Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan, R.O.C. - Published online on: June 25, 2014 https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2014.3289
- Pages: 1057-1063
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