Critical review of exposure and effects: implications for setting regulatory health criteria for ingested copper

AA Taylor, JS Tsuji, MR Garry, ME McArdle… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Decades of study indicate that copper oral exposures are typically not a human health
concern. Ingesting high levels of soluble copper salts can cause acute gastrointestinal …

The multifaceted roles of copper in cancer: A trace metal element with dysregulated metabolism, but also a target or a bullet for therapy

P Lelièvre, L Sancey, JL Coll, A Deniaud, B Busser - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Copper is an essential element for human life. However, its redox activity
can be detrimental for the cell that developed highly coordinated pathways to chelate and …

A multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of Wilson disease: Executive summary of the 2022 Practice Guidance on Wilson disease from the …

ML Schilsky, EA Roberts, JM Bronstein, A Dhawan… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Copper is an essential metal required for many metalloproteins' function. A fraction of dietary
copper (average 2–5 mg/day) is absorbed by enterocytes in the duodenum and proximal …

The molecular mechanisms of copper metabolism and its roles in human diseases

J Chen, Y Jiang, H Shi, Y Peng, X Fan, C Li - Pflügers Archiv-European …, 2020 - Springer
Copper is an essential element in cells; it can act as either a recipient or a donor of
electrons, participating in various reactions. However, an excess of copper ions in cells is …

Haemochromatosis

P Brissot, A Pietrangelo, PC Adams… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Haemochromatosis is defined as systemic iron overload of genetic origin, caused by a
reduction in the concentration of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin, or a reduction in …

Overview of iron metabolism in health and disease

S Dev, JL Babitt - Hemodialysis International, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Iron is an essential element for numerous fundamental biologic processes, but excess iron is
toxic. Abnormalities in systemic iron balance are common in patients with chronic kidney …

[HTML][HTML] Iron homeostasis during pregnancy

AL Fisher, E Nemeth - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2017 - Elsevier
During pregnancy, iron needs to increase substantially to support fetoplacental development
and maternal adaptation to pregnancy. To meet these iron requirements, both dietary iron …

The multifaceted role of iron in renal health and disease

RPL van Swelm, JFM Wetzels… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Iron is an essential element that is indispensable for life. The delicate physiological body
iron balance is maintained by both systemic and cellular regulatory mechanisms. The iron …

Liver iron sensing and body iron homeostasis

CY Wang, JL Babitt - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
The liver orchestrates systemic iron balance by producing and secreting hepcidin. Known as
the iron hormone, hepcidin induces degradation of the iron exporter ferroportin to control …

Ironing out ferroportin

H Drakesmith, E Nemeth, T Ganz - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
Maintaining physiologic iron concentrations in tissues is critical for metabolism and host
defense. Iron absorption in the duodenum, recycling of iron from senescent erythrocytes …