Bioinorganic chemistry of Alzheimer's disease

KP Kepp - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) 1− 3 is the most common form of dementia (estimated∼ 50− 60%
of all cases), associated with loss of memory (in particular episodic memory), cognitive …

Carcinogenic metals and the epigenome: understanding the effect of nickel, arsenic, and chromium

Y Chervona, A Arita, M Costa - Metallomics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Carcinogenic metals, such as nickel, arsenic, and chromium, are widespread environmental
and occupational pollutants. Chronic exposure to these metals has been connected with …

Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases in plant metal stress: regulation and responses in comparison to other biotic and abiotic stresses

K Opdenakker, T Remans, J Vangronsveld… - International journal of …, 2012 - mdpi.com
Exposure of plants to toxic concentrations of metals leads to disruption of the cellular redox
status followed by an accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS, like hydrogen …

Cadmium exposure is accompanied by increased prevalence and future growth of atherosclerotic plaques in 64‐year‐old women

B Fagerberg, G Bergström, J Borén… - Journal of internal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives There is currently widespread exposure to the toxic metal cadmium through the
diet as well as through smoking, and it has been suggested that cadmium exposure may …

Effect of zinc supplementation on glutathione peroxidase activity and selenium concentration in the serum, liver and kidney of rats chronically exposed to cadmium

M Galażyn-Sidorczuk, MM Brzóska, J Rogalska… - Journal of Trace …, 2012 - Elsevier
It was investigated whether the ability of zinc (Zn) to prevent cadmium (Cd)-induced lipid
peroxidation may be connected with its impact on glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity and …

Zinc and multi-mineral supplementation should mitigate the pathogenic impact of cadmium exposure

MF McCarty - Medical Hypotheses, 2012 - Elsevier
High-level cadmium (Cd) exposure has long been known to induce nephropathy, severe
osteoporosis, and fractures in humans. More recent epidemiology, however, reveals that, in …

CdO nanoparticle toxicity on growth, morphology, and cell division in Escherichia coli

ST Hossain, SK Mukherjee - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
This Article deals with the toxicological study of synthesized CdO nanoparticles (NPs) on
Escherichia coli. Characterization of the CdO NPs was done by DLS, XRD, TEM, and AFM …

Determination of cadmium in biological samples: An update from 2006 to 2011

P Wu, C Li, J Chen, C Zheng, X Hou - Applied Spectroscopy …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Cadmium has attracted global research interest due to its toxicity, metallomics, and contents
in biological samples. From a toxicological and biological point of view, analytical methods …

[PDF][PDF] Physiological and molecular characterisation of cadmium stress in Schmidtea mediterranea

M Plusquin, AS Stevens, F Van Belleghem… - International Journal of …, 2012 - academia.edu
The planarian Schmidtea mediterranea is a well-studied model organism for developmental
research, because of its stem cell system. This characteristic also provides a unique …

Low‐level chronic exposure to cadmium enhances the risk of long bone fractures: a study on a female rat model of human lifetime exposure

MM Brzóska - Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In the present paper, the hypothesis that low chronic exposure to cadmium (Cd) enhances
the risk of long bone fractures was investigated in a female rat model simulating human …