Copper: toxicological relevance and mechanisms

LM Gaetke, HS Chow-Johnson, CK Chow - Archives of toxicology, 2014 - Springer
Copper (Cu) is a vital mineral essential for many biological processes. The vast majority of
all Cu in healthy humans is associated with enzyme prosthetic groups or bound to proteins …

Regulation of signal transduction by reactive oxygen species in the cardiovascular system

DI Brown, KK Griendling - Circulation research, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Oxidative stress has long been implicated in cardiovascular disease, but more recently, the
role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in normal physiological signaling has been …

Analysis of complement deposition and viral RNA in placentas of COVID-19 patients

JJ Mulvey, CM Magro, LX Ma, GJ Nuovo… - Annals of diagnostic …, 2020 - Elsevier
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is increasingly
being recognized as a systemic thrombotic and microvascular injury syndrome that may …

Regulatory roles of copper metabolism and cuproptosis in human cancers

Z Wang, D Jin, S Zhou, N Dong, Y Ji, P An… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Copper is an essential micronutrient for human body and plays a vital role in various
biological processes including cellular respiration and free radical detoxification. Generally …

Copper toxicity, oxidative stress, and antioxidant nutrients

LM Gaetke, CK Chow - Toxicology, 2003 - Elsevier
Copper (Cu) is an integral part of many important enzymes involved in a number of vital
biological processes. Although normally bound to proteins, Cu may be released and …

Copper, oxidative stress, and human health

JY Uriu-Adams, CL Keen - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
Copper (Cu), a redox active metal, is an essential nutrient for all species studied to date.
During the past decade, there has been increasing interest in the concept that marginal …

Vascular oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure: role of xanthine-oxidase and extracellular superoxide dismutase

U Landmesser, S Spiekermann, S Dikalov, H Tatge… - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Impaired flow-dependent, endothelium-mediated vasodilation (FDD) in
patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) results, at least in part, from accelerated …

The role of zinc and copper in gynecological malignancies

K Michalczyk, A Cymbaluk-Płoska - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) are essential microelements, which take part in cellular
metabolism, feature in enzymatic systems, and regulate enzyme activity. Homeostasis of …

Nitrite as regulator of hypoxic signaling in mammalian physiology

EE Van Faassen, S Bahrami, M Feelisch… - Medicinal research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In this review we consider the effects of endogenous and pharmacological levels of nitrite
under conditions of hypoxia. In humans, the nitrite anion has long been considered as …

Methods of detection of vascular reactive species: nitric oxide, superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and peroxynitrite

MM Tarpey, I Fridovich - Circulation research, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
The evanescent nature of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, the multiple cellular
mechanisms evolved to maintain these substances at low (submicromolar) concentrations …