Ferritin–from iron, through inflammation and autoimmunity, to COVID-19

N Mahroum, A Alghory, Z Kiyak, A Alwani, R Seida… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
While it took decades to arrive to a conclusion that ferritin is more than an indicator of iron
storage level, it took a short period of time through the COVID-19 pandemic to wonder what …

Iron imbalance in cancer: Intersection of deficiency and overload

T Basak, RK Kanwar - Cancer Medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Iron, an essential trace element, plays a complex role in tumour biology. While iron causes
cancer clearance through toxic free radical generation, iron‐induced free radical flux also …

Ultrasound-assisted synthesis and photophysical investigation of a heterocyclic alkylated chalcone: a sensitive and selective fluorescent chemosensor for Fe3+ in …

AM Asiri, MM Al-Amari, Q Ullah… - Journal of Coordination …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Alkylated pyridine chalcone (AIPO) has been synthesized by reaction of 1-allyl-1H-indole-3-
carbaldehyde with 2-acetyl pyridine. The chalcone structure was characterized by spectral …

Sex differences in rotenone sensitivity reflect the male-to-female ratio in human Parkinson's disease incidence

BR De Miranda, M Fazzari, EM Rocha… - Toxicological …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
There is a critical need to include female subjects in disease research; however, in
Parkinson's disease, where the male-to-female incidence is about 1.5-to-1, the majority of …

[HTML][HTML] Snail as mini-livestock: Nutritional potential of farmed Pomacea canaliculata (Ampullariidae)

S Ghosh, C Jung, VB Meyer-Rochow - Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2017 - Elsevier
Amino acids, fatty acids and minerals were investigated in the farmed freshwater snail
Pomacea canaliculata (Ampullariidae) to understand its nutritional potential as alternative …

Iron; Benefits or threatens (with emphasis on mechanism and treatment of its poisoning)

M Rafati Rahimzadeh… - Human & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Iron is a necessary biological element and one of the richest in the human body, but it can
cause changes in cell function and activity control. Iron is involved in a wide range of …

Recent developments in ion-sensitive systems for pharmaceutical applications

M Rudko, T Urbaniak, W Musiał - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Stimuli-responsive carriers of pharmaceutical agents have been extensively researched in
recent decades due to the possibility of distinctively precise targeted drug delivery. One of …

Potentially Toxic Elements' Accumulation and Health Risk of Consuming Vegetables Cultivated along the Accra‐Tema Motorway

E Boahen, BY Fosu-Mensah, SS Koranteng… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Vegetables cultivated close to highways have the potential to accumulate potentially toxic
elements (PTEs), either through uptake from contaminated soil or via atmospheric …

Evolution of ferritin levels in hepatitis C patients treated with antivirals

ML Chang, JH Hu, CH Yen, KH Chen, CJ Kuo… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The evolution of ferritin levels in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients with sustained
virological responses (SVRs) following various therapy regimens remains elusive. An 8-year …

Genomic medicine and risk prediction across the disease spectrum

MJ Kotze, HK Lueckhoff, AV Peeters… - Critical Reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Genomic medicine is based on the knowledge that virtually every medical condition, disease
susceptibility or response to treatment is caused, regulated or influenced by genes. Genetic …