Carlos Smith Diaz

2025

Journal - Research Article

Smith-Díaz, C. C., Kumar, A., Das, A., Pace, P., Chitcholtan, K., Magon, N. J., Hossain, S. M., Eccles, M. R., Winterbourn, C. C., & Paumann-Page, M. (2025). Peroxidasin is associated with a mesenchymal-like transcriptional phenotype and promotes invasion in metastatic melanoma. Free Radical Biology & Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2025.01.007

Journal - Research Other

Smith-Díaz, C. C., Das, A. B., Jurkowski, T. P., Hore, T. A., & Vissers, M. C. M. (2025). Exploring the ascorbate requirement of the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 68, 2219-2237. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c02342

2024

Other Research Output

Smith Diaz, C. (2024, March). Vitamin C and TET-mediated demethylation in leukaemia and development. UOC Biomedical Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Smith Diaz, C. C. (2024). Vitamin C and TET-mediated demethylation in leukaemia and development (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/22887

2023

Journal - Research Article

Coker, S. J., Dyson, R. M., Smith-Díaz, C. C., Vissers, M. C. M., & Berry, M. J. (2023). Effects of low vitamin C intake on fertility parameters and pregnancy outcomes in guinea pigs. Nutrients, 15, 4107. doi: 10.3390/nu15194107

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Paumann-Page, M., Smith-Diaz, C., Kumar, A., Chitcholtan, K., Hampton, M., & Winterbourn, C. (2023). Peroxidasin: A novel modulator of melanoma cell invasion. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) 50th Anniversary Conference. Retrieved from https://www.nzsbmb.org/conference

Smith-Diaz, C., Magon, N. J., McKenzie, J. L., Hore, T., Hampton, M. B., Vissers, M. C. M., & Das, A. B. (2023). Transcriptomics and epigenomics analysis of SKM-1 leukaemia response to Vitamin C. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) 50th Anniversary Conference. Retrieved from https://www.nzsbmb.org/conference

Vissers, M., & Smith Diaz, C. (2023). Considering the substrate requirements for the Fe-containing 2-oxoglutaratedependent dioxygenases and implications for their roles in development, metabolism and cancer. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) 50th Anniversary Conference. Retrieved from https://www.nzsbmb.org/conference

2022

Journal - Research Other

Coker, S. J., Smith-Díaz, C. C., Dyson, R. M., Vissers, M. C. M., & Berry, M. J. (2022). The epigenetic role of vitamin C in neurodevelopment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 1208. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031208

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Vissers, M., Smith-Diaz, C., Coker, S., Dyson, R., Hore, T., & Berry, M. (2022, August-September). Low maternal vitamin C during pregnancy in guinea pigs results in persistent epigenetic dysregulation in the hippocampus of offspring together with an ADHD-related phenotype. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Smith Diaz, C. (2022, December). The curious case of low maternal vitamin C intake and the hyperactive guinea pig. Verbal presentation at the Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR) Australasia & Japan Conference: Redox Pathways in Biology & Medicine, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

Smith-Díaz, C. C., Magon, N. J., McKenzie, J. L., Hampton, M. B., Vissers, M. C. M., & Das, A. B. (2021). Ascorbate inhibits proliferation and promotes myeloid differentiation in TP53-mutant leukemia. Frontiers in Oncology, 11, 709543. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.709543

Journal - Research Other

Das, A. B., Smith-Diaz, C. C., & Vissers, M. C. M. (2021). Emerging epigenetic therapeutics for myeloid leukemia: Modulating demethylase activity with ascorbate. Haematologica, 106(1), 14-25. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2020.259283

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Smith-Díaz, C. C., Magon, N. J., McKenzie, J. L., Hampton, M. B., Vissers, M. C. M., & Das, A. B. (2021). Ascorbate inhibits proliferation and promotes myeloid differentiation in TP53-mutant leukaemia. Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Federation of Asian & Oceanic Biochemists & Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB). (pp. 183). Retrieved from https://www.faobmb2021.org

2018

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Smith Diaz, C. (2018). Reviewing the fault line: Monoamine oxidase-A genotype evidence and the criminal law [Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Papers Student and Alumni Paper Series VUWSALRP 8/2018]. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law. 65p. Retrieved from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3154900

2017

Journal - Research Article

Smith Diaz, C. C. (2017). Delving into the fog of ambiguity: An analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership's data exclusivity provisions and their implications for access to medicines in New Zealand. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 48(1), 1-28. doi: 10.26686/vuwlr.v48i1.4771