As an essential micronutrient, copper is required for a wide range of physiological processes
in virtually all cell types. Because the accumulation of intracellular copper can induce …

Copper is a vital mineral, and an optimal amount of copper is required to support normal
physiologic processes in various systems, including the cardiovascular system. Over the …

Recent studies have established a strong link between copper and cancer biology, as
copper is necessary for cancer growth and metastasis. Beyond the conventional concept of …

Copper is an essential micronutrient that serves as a cofactor for enzymes involved in
diverse physiological processes, including mitochondrial energy generation. Copper enters …

Wastewater, discharged in copper (Cu) mining and smelting, usually contains a large
amount of Cu2+. Immobilizing Cu2+ in aqueous solution and soils is deemed crucial in …

Copper is an indispensable micronutrient for the development and replication of all
eukaryotes, and its redox properties are both harmful and beneficial to cells. An imbalance …

In eukaryotic cells, mitochondria perform cellular respiration through a series of redox
reactions ultimately reducing molecular oxygen to water. The system responsible for this …

Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast) is an attractive model for mitochondrial
research. The organism resembles human cells in terms of mitochondrial inheritance …

The human mitochondrial ribosome contains three [2Fe–2S] clusters whose assembly
pathway, role, and implications for mitochondrial and metabolic diseases are unknown …

Treatment of drug-resistant forms of cancer requires consideration of their hallmark features,
such as abnormal cell death mechanisms or mutations in drug-responding molecular …