Redox therapy is an experimental therapy[1][2] that aims to effect an outcome by modifying the levels of pro-oxidant and antioxidant agents in cells.[3] The term "redox" is a contraction of "reduction-oxidation". For cancer patients, the therapy is predicated on the idea that the redox state of cells may have an effect on cancer development.[4]
Historically, and in alternative medicine, the term "redox therapy" has also been used to describe the practice of administering high dosages of vitamins; in a 1984 study, high dosages of Menadione and Vitamin C were given to a patient.[5]
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- ^ Cabello, CM; Bair Wb, 3rd; Wondrak, GT (2007). "Experimental therapeutics: Targeting the redox Achilles heel of cancer". Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs. 8 (12): 1022–37. PMID 18058573.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ogasawara, Marcia A.; Zhang, Hui (2009). "Redox Regulation and Its Emerging Roles in Stem Cells and Stem-Like Cancer Cells". Antioxidants & Redox Signaling. 11 (5): 1107–1122. doi:10.1089/ars.2008.2308. PMID 18999985.
- ^ Chaiswing, Luksana; Zhong, Weixiong; Oberley, Terry D. (2011). "Distinct Redox Profiles of Selected Human Prostate Carcinoma Cell Lines: Implications for Rational Design of Redox Therapy". Cancers. 3 (4): 3557–3584. doi:10.3390/cancers3033557. PMC 3232682. PMID 22163073.
- ^ Eleff, S. (1984). "31P NMR Study of Improvement in Oxidative Phosphorylation by Vitamins K3 and C in a Patient with a Defect in Electron Transport at Complex III in Skeletal Muscle". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81 (11): 3529–3533. Bibcode:1984PNAS...81.3529E. doi:10.1073/pnas.81.11.3529. PMC 345542. PMID 6587367.