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Publications
Trace element content is associated with urolith type in goats and pigs diagnosed with urolithiasis.
American journal of veterinary research
A histochemical approach to activity-based copper sensing reveals cuproplasia-dependent vulnerabilities in cancer.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Increasing STEM Skills, Knowledge and Interest Among Diverse Students: Results from an Intensive Summer Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco.
Innovative higher education
Change in Metabolomic Profile Associated with an Average Increase in Plain Water Intake of >+ 1 L/Day, Sustained Over 4 Weeks, in Healthy Young Men with Initial Total Water Intake Below 2 L/Day.
Paracelsus proceedings of experimental medicine
Nutritional Anemia. Nutrition and Health
The Role of Zinc in the Etiology of Anemia
Kidney Stones in Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Open Journal of Urology
Mineral requirements for mitochondrial function: A connection to redox balance and cellular differentiation.
Free radical biology & medicine
Success of Distance Learning During 2020 COVID-19 Restrictions: A Report from Five STEM Training Programs for Underrepresented High School and Undergraduate Learners.
Journal of STEM outreach
Zinc deficiency and its association with treatment-related toxicity in children with cancer.
Pediatric blood & cancer
Zinc supplementation improves markers of glucose homeostasis in thalassaemia.
British journal of haematology
Plasma and Nail Zinc Concentrations, But Not Hair Zinc, Respond Positively to Two Different Forms of Preventive Zinc Supplementation in Young Laotian Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Biological trace element research
Wheat germ agglutinin is a biomarker of whole grain content in wheat flour and pasta.
Journal of food science
A conserved role of the insulin-like signaling pathway in diet-dependent uric acid pathologies in Drosophila melanogaster.
PLoS genetics
Monitoring of the National Oil and Wheat Flour Fortification Program in Cameroon Using a Program Impact Pathway Approach.
Current developments in nutrition
Early maturing spring wheat in Nordic wildtype NAM-B1 germplasm for short-duration alternative wheat producing regions
Plant Genetic Resources
Potassium restriction boosts vacuolar acidity and extends lifespan in yeast.
Experimental gerontology
Editorial: Metal Biology Takes Flight: The Study of Metal Homeostasis and Detoxification in Insects.
Frontiers in genetics
Change in hydration indices associated with an increase in total water intake of more than 0.5 L/day, sustained over 4 weeks, in healthy young men with initial total water intake below 2 L/day.
Physiological reports
Iron, Zinc, Folate, and Vitamin B-12 Status Increased among Women and Children in Yaoundé and Douala, Cameroon, 1 Year after Introducing Fortified Wheat Flour.
The Journal of nutrition
Flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TDCPP) toxicity is attenuated by N-acetylcysteine in human kidney cells.
Toxicology reports
Identification of a Hemolysis Threshold That Increases Plasma and Serum Zinc Concentration.
The Journal of nutrition
α-Lipoic acid treatment prevents cystine urolithiasis in a mouse model of cystinuria.
Nature medicine
A moderate increase in dietary zinc reduces DNA strand breaks in leukocytes and alters plasma proteins without changing plasma zinc concentrations.
The American journal of clinical nutrition
A genome-wide screen of bacterial mutants that enhance dauer formation in C. elegans.
Scientific reports
Dietary Zinc and Incident Calcium Kidney Stones in Adolescence.
The Journal of urology
Zinc Levels Modulate Lifespan through Multiple Longevity Pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans.
PloS one
Therapeutic targeting of oxygen-sensing prolyl hydroxylases abrogates ATF4-dependent neuronal death and improves outcomes after brain hemorrhage in several rodent models.
Science translational medicine
Acute changes in cellular zinc alters zinc uptake rates prior to zinc transporter gene expression in Jurkat cells.
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine
The elementome of calcium-based urinary stones and its role in urolithiasis.
Nature reviews. Urology
Fertility in transfusion-dependent thalassemia men: effects of iron burden on the reproductive axis.
American journal of hematology
Changes in Mineral Micronutrient Status During and After Pulmonary Exacerbation in Adults With Cystic Fibrosis.
Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
A Drosophila model identifies a critical role for zinc in mineralization for kidney stone disease.
PloS one
Manganese disturbs metal and protein homeostasis in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Metallomics : integrated biometal science
Accumulation of metals in GOLD4 COPD lungs is associated with decreased CFTR levels.
Respiratory research
Stunting prevalence, plasma zinc concentrations, and dietary zinc intakes in a nationally representative sample suggest a high risk of zinc deficiency among women and young children in Cameroon.
The Journal of nutrition
Altered transition metal homeostasis in Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.
Metallomics : integrated biometal science
Zinc deficiency augments leptin production and exacerbates macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue in mice fed a high-fat diet.
The Journal of nutrition
Aluminium exposure disrupts elemental homeostasis in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Metallomics : integrated biometal science
A connection between magnesium deficiency and aging: new insights from cellular studies.
Magnesium research
Magnesium deficiency accelerates cellular senescence in cultured human fibroblasts.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Lipoic acid and acetyl-carnitine reverse iron-induced oxidative stress in human fibroblasts.
Redox report : communications in free radical research
Pharmacogenetic analysis of lithium-induced delayed aging in Caenorhabditis elegans.
The Journal of biological chemistry
N-tert-butyl hydroxylamine, a mitochondrial antioxidant, protects human retinal pigment epithelial cells from iron overload: relevance to macular degeneration.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Steady-state asymmetric nanospray dual ion source for accurate mass determination within a chromatographic separation.
Analytical chemistry
Dialyzability of minerals in corn masa gruel (atole) fortified with different iron compounds: effects of ascorbic acid, disodium EDTA, and phytic acid.
Food and nutrition bulletin
Oxidative stress and inflammation in iron-overloaded patients with beta-thalassaemia or sickle cell disease.
British journal of haematology
Mineral and vitamin deficiencies can accelerate the mitochondrial decay of aging.
Molecular aspects of medicine
Iron accumulation during cellular senescence.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Iron accumulation during cellular senescence in human fibroblasts in vitro.
Antioxidants & redox signaling
Heme deficiency may be a factor in the mitochondrial and neuronal decay of aging.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Age-associated mitochondrial oxidative decay: improvement of carnitine acetyltransferase substrate-binding affinity and activity in brain by feeding old rats acetyl-L- carnitine and/or R-alpha -lipoic acid.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Hypoxia promotes oxidative base modifications in the pulmonary artery endothelial cell VEGF gene.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Free radical production in hypoxic pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology
Erythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-nonyl)adenine inhibits cyclic-3',5'-guanosine monophosphate-stimulated phosphodiesterase to reverse hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in the perfused rat lung.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics