Plasma Riboflavin and Vitamin B-6, but Not Homocysteine, Folate, or Vitamin B-12, Are Inversely Associated with Breast Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Varese Cohort.

Background: One-carbon metabolism-important for DNA stability and integrity-may play a role in breast carcinogenesis. However, epidemiologic studies addressing this issue have yielded inconsistent results.

Objective: We prospectively investigated associations between breast cancer and plasma folate, riboflavin, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and homocysteine in women recruited to the Varese (Italy) cohort of the EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) study.

Micronutrients Involved in One-Carbon Metabolism and Risk of Breast Cancer Subtypes.

Background: Vitamins involved in one-carbon metabolism are hypothesized to influence breast cancer (BC) risk. However, epidemiologic studies that examined associations between B vitamin intake and BC risk have provided inconsistent results. We prospectively examined, in the Italian ORDET cohort, whether B vitamin consumption was associated with risk of BC and BC subtypes.

New perspectives in bio-analytical techniques for preclinical characterization of a drug candidate: UPLC-MS/MS in in vitro metabolism and pharmacokinetic studies.

Lead optimization requires rapid bio-analytical turnover for the generation of early absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME) and pharmacokinetics (PK) data maintaining a high quality level. Therefore, one of the major challenges in the bio-analytical field is to achieve faster and more sensitive quantification protocols. In the present communication, a comparison between HPLC and ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) performances in terms of sensitivity and resolution is shown using a pharmakokinetic study and a metabolism study as models.