Margreet Vissers

Margreet Catherina Maria Vissers is a New Zealand biochemistry academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Otago.[1]

Margreet Catherina Maria Vissers
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, Free radicals
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

Academic career

After a PhD titled 'The Effects of neutrophil oxidants and proteinases on the degradation of glomerular basement membrane : implications for inflammatory tissue damage ' at the University of Otago, Vissers joined the staff, rising to full professor.[1]

Vissers' research includes looking at Vitamin C's impact on immune cells and cancer.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Selected works
  • Kuiper, Caroline, Ilona GM Molenaar, Gabi U. Dachs, Margaret J. Currie, Peter H. Sykes, and Margreet CM Vissers. "Low ascorbate levels are associated with increased hypoxia-inducible factor-1 activity and an aggressive tumor phenotype in endometrial cancer." Cancer research 70, no. 14 (2010): 5749-5758.
  • Carr, Anitra C., Stephanie M. Bozonet, Juliet M. Pullar, Jeremy W. Simcock, and Margreet CM Vissers. "Human skeletal muscle ascorbate is highly responsive to changes in vitamin C intake and plasma concentrations." The American journal of clinical nutrition 97, no. 4 (2013): 800-807.
  • Brunetti-Pierri, Nicola, Gary E. Stapleton, Mark Law, John Breinholt, Donna J. Palmer, Yu Zuo, Nathan C. Grove et al. "Efficient, long-term hepatic gene transfer using clinically relevant HDAd doses by balloon occlusion catheter delivery in nonhuman primates." Molecular Therapy 17, no. 2 (2009): 327-333.
  • Kuiper, Caroline, Gabi U. Dachs, Margaret J. Currie, and Margreet CM Vissers. "Intracellular ascorbate enhances hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-hydroxylase activity and preferentially suppresses the HIF-1 transcriptional response." Free Radical Biology and Medicine 69 (2014): 308-317.
  • Carr, Anitra C., Margreet Vissers, and John S. Cook. "The effect of intravenous vitamin C on cancer-and chemotherapy-related fatigue and quality of life." Frontiers in oncology 4 (2014): 283.

References
  1. https://www.otago.ac.nz/free-radical/staff/margreet-vissers.html
  2. Central, Health. "Vitamin C, cancer and infection: Q&A with Professor Margreet Vissers - Health Central".
  3. "Prof. Margreet Vissers".
  4. "Can vitamin C help in treating cancer and other infections?". RNZ. 14 February 2019.
  5. "The Science Of... Vitamin C". RNZ. 22 August 2017.
  6. "New NZ research focuses on Vitamin C and breast cancer - Latest news • Breast Cancer Foundation NZ". www.breastcancerfoundation.org.nz.
  7. "Putting Science Between the Hype and Reality about Vitamin C and Cancer". www.cancerresearchtrustnz.org.nz.


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