Vitamin C deficiency is associated with increased pro-inflammatory cytokines in mice.

“another aspect of immune function that vitamin C might be important for is modulating cytokine levels cytokines are really important signaling molecules that are produced in response to inflammation and infection lots of immune cells secrete cytokines in studies in which mice are vitamin C deficient the mice have increased pro-inflammatory cytokines but giving the mice vitamin C normalizes cytokine production”