Cerebral iron deposition in neurodegeneration

P Dusek, T Hofer, J Alexander, PM Roos, JO Aaseth - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Disruption of cerebral iron regulation appears to have a role in aging and in the
pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative disorders. Possible unfavorable impacts of iron …

Elemental and chemically specific X-ray fluorescence imaging of biological systems

MJ Pushie, IJ Pickering, M Korbas, MJ Hackett… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
From the perspective of a chemist, biology confers a rich variety of roles on a number of
metal ions. It is widely agreed that a large fraction of the genomic output of living things …

Role of copper in the onset of Alzheimer's disease compared to other metals

S Bagheri, R Squitti, T Haertlé, M Siotto… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by amyloid
plaques in patients' brain tissue. The plaques are mainly made of β-amyloid peptides and …

Neurotoxicity linked to dysfunctional metal ion homeostasis and xenobiotic metal exposure: redox signaling and oxidative stress

C Garza-Lombó, Y Posadas, L Quintanar… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Essential metals such as copper, iron, manganese, and zinc play a role as
cofactors in the activity of a wide range of processes involved in cellular homeostasis and …

Copper toxicity links to pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and therapeutics approaches

HW Ejaz, W Wang, M Lang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, age-related progressive neurological disorder,
and the most common type of dementia in aged people. Neuropathological lesions of AD …

Enhanced defense against ferroptosis ameliorates cognitive impairment and reduces neurodegeneration in 5xFAD mice

L Chen, NJ Dar, R Na, KD McLane, K Yoo… - Free Radical Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxidative damage including lipid peroxidation is widely reported in Alzheimer's disease
(AD) with the peroxidation of phospholipids in membranes being the driver of ferroptosis, an …

A Perspective–can copper complexes be developed as a novel class of therapeutics?

M Wehbe, AWY Leung, MJ Abrams, C Orvig… - Dalton …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Although copper–ligand complexes appear to be promising as a new class of therapeutics,
other than the family of copper (II) coordination compounds referred to as casiopeínas these …

Cu and Zn interactions with Aβ peptides: consequence of coordination on aggregation and formation of neurotoxic soluble Aβ oligomers

M Rana, AK Sharma - Metallomics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The coordination chemistry of transition metal ions (Fe, Cu, Zn) with the amyloid-β (Aβ)
peptides has attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to its repercussions in …

Iron, copper, and zinc concentration in Aβ plaques in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease correlates with metal levels in the surrounding neuropil

SA James, QI Churches, MD de Jonge… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The metal ions of iron, copper, and zinc have long been associated with the aggregation of β-
amyloid (Aβ) plaques in Alzheimer's disease; an interaction that has been suggested to …

Re‐evaluation of the existing health‐based guidance values for copper and exposure assessment from all sources

EFSA Scientific Committee, SJ More, V Bampidis… - EFSA …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Copper is an essential micronutrient and also a regulated product used in organic and in
conventional farming pest management. Both deficiency and excessive exposure to copper …