Heterologous Expression of Either Human or Soya Bean Ferritins in Budding Yeast Reveals Common Functions Protecting Against Oxidative Agents and Counteracting Double-Strand Break Accumulation [PDF]
BiomoleculesFerritins are globular proteins that, upon self-assembly in nanocages, are capable of bio-safely storing huge concentrations of bioavailable iron. They are present in most cell types and organisms; one of the exceptions is yeast.
Nuria Pujol Carrión +1 more
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A natural biogenic nanozyme for scavenging superoxide radicals [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsBiominerals, the inorganic minerals of organisms, are known mainly for their physical property-related functions in modern living organisms. Our recent discovery of the enzyme-like activities of nanomaterials, coined as nanozyme, inspires the hypothesis ...
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Recombinant ferritins for multimodal nanomedicine
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 In all living organisms, ferritins are a group of proteins important for maintaining iron homeostasis. Increasing amount of studies has shown that recombinant ferritins can be widely used in multimodal nanomedicine, especially for anticancer treatment ...
Yihao Li +5 more
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Iron reduction via periodic calibrated phlebotomy to target ferritin lowers cancer incidence and mortality in patients with peripheral artery disease: further insights from the FeAST trial [PDF]
Frontiers in OncologyPaul Pisarik
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Structural comparison of two ferritins from the marine invertebrate Phascolosoma esculenta
FEBS Open Bio, 2021 For marine invertebrates with no adaptive immune system, ferritin is a major intracellular iron‐storage protein with a critical role in innate immunity.
Tinghong Ming +10 more
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The Distribution of Ferritins in Marine Copepods
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Iron is an essential element for the functioning of cellular processes. Ferritins, the major intracellular iron storage proteins, convert the free Fe2+ into the nontoxic Fe3+ which can be stored and transported where needed.
Vittoria Roncalli +2 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging of tumors colonized with bacterial ferritin-expressing Escherichia coli. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Recent studies have shown that human ferritin can be used as a reporter of gene expression for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Bacteria also encode three classes of ferritin-type molecules with iron accumulation properties.
Philip J Hill +8 more
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The Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: This study aimed to compare the serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and ferritin in the first trimester of pregnancy between normal and abnormal pregnant women (complicated with gestational diabetes) to determine if these chemicals have ...
Fatemeh Lalooha +4 more
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Khyber Medical University Journal, 2021 OBJECTIVE: To find the effect of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) on intelligence quotient (IQ) in school going children of Peshawar, Pakistan. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study a total of 153 children (male and female) of age 7-11 years were ...
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Biomedicines, 2022 The immune function is closely related to iron (Fe) homeostasis and allostasis. The aim of this bioinformatics-assisted review was twofold; (i) to update the current knowledge of Fe metabolism and its relationship to the immune system, and (ii) to ...
Diego A. Bonilla +9 more
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