, 2021 Since the discovery of manifest Zn deficiency in 1961, the increasing number of studies demonstrated the association between altered Zn status and multiple diseases. In this chapter, we provide a review of the most recent advances on the role of Zn in health and disease (2010-20), with a special focus on the role of Zn in neurodegenerative and ...
Anatoly V, Skalny +2 more
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Effect of Preventive Supplementation with Zinc and other Micronutrients on Non-Malarial Morbidity in Tanzanian Pre-School Children: A Randomized Trial. [PDF]
, 2012 The efficacy of preventive zinc supplementation against diarrhea and respiratory illness may depend on simultaneous supplementation with other micronutrients.
Ayşe Y. Demir +10 more
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Maternal zinc intakes and homeostatic adjustments during pregnancy and lactation. [PDF]
, 2012 Zinc plays critical roles during embryogenesis, fetal growth, and milk secretion, which increase the zinc need for pregnancy and lactation. Increased needs can be met by increasing the dietary zinc intake, along with making homeostatic adjustments in ...
Donangelo, Carmen, King, Janet
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Analysis of cellular responses of macrophages to zinc ions and zinc oxide nanoparticles: a combined targeted and proteomic approach [PDF]
, 2014 Two different zinc oxide nanoparticles, as well as zinc ions, are used to study the cellular responses of the RAW 264 macrophage cell line. A proteomic screen is used to provide a wide view of the molecular effects of zinc, and the most prominent results
Armand, Lucie +13 more
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Zinc accumulation and utilisation by wine yeasts [PDF]
, 2009 The present study has focused on the accumulation of zinc by wine yeast strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during fermentation of both grape juice and chemically defined medium with different carbohydrates and at varying levels of zinc. The results have
Bollag, Tatiana +4 more
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The Relationship between Zinc Intake and Serum/Plasma Zinc Concentration in Children: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis [PDF]
, 2012 Recommendations for zinc intake during childhood vary widely across Europe. The EURRECA project attempts to consolidate the basis for the definition of micronutrient requirements, taking into account relationships among intake, status and health outcomes,
Aksglaede +43 more
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A Review of Dietary Zinc Recommendations [PDF]
, 2016 Background. Large discrepancies exist among the dietary zinc recommendations set by expert groups. Objective. To understand the basis for the differences in the dietary zinc recommendations set by the World Health Organization, the U.S.
Avellini BA +11 more
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Overlapping functionality of the Pht proteins in zinc homeostasis of streptococcus pneumoniae [PDF]
, 2014 Streptococcus pneumoniae is a globally significant pathogen that causes a range of diseases, including pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis, and otitis media. Its ability to cause disease depends upon the acquisition of nutrients from its environment, including
Eijkelkamp, Bart A. +5 more
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Costs of Chronic Waterborne Zinc Exposure and the Consequences of Zinc Acclimation on the Gill/Zinc Interactions of Rainbow Trout in Hard and Soft Water [PDF]
, 1999 Juvenile rainbow trout were exposed to zinc in both moderately hard water (hardness 5 120 mg CaCO3/L, pH = 8.0, Zn = 150 μg/L or 450 μg/L) and soft water (hardness = 20 mg CaCO3/L, pH = 7.2, Zn = 50 μg/L or 120 μg/L) for 30 d.
Alsop, Derek H. +3 more
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TrkB mediates BDNF-induced potentiation of neuronal necrosis in cortical culture
Neurobiology of Disease, 2003 In the present study, the signaling mechanisms underlying the effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on neuronal necrosis were investigated.
Hyun-Jung Kim +5 more
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