Students will research multiple issues relating to iron metabolism in animals and humans, as they relate to genetic and acquired diseases. Our lab is interested in multiple issues relating to iron ...

Metal Homeostasis: The regulation of metal ion uptake, distribution and efflux to maintain cellular function while preventing toxicity. Biofilm: ...

Could normalizing metal ion homeostasis be a viable intervention strategy? Evidence is growing that bioavailable metals such as copper, zinc and iron play a part in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's ...

Dysregulation of transition metal ion homeostasis is the molecular basis for cadmium toxicity in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Nature Communications , 2015; 6: 6418 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7418 Cite This ...

Blood Metal Ion Thresholds to Identify Patients with Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants at Risk of Adverse Reactions to Metal Debris. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery , 2017; 99 (18): 1532 DOI: 10. ...

Zinc is the second most abundant transition metal in biology and plays a crucial role in a wide variety of cellular processes. Roughly 10% of the human genome encodes for zinc-binding proteins and all ...

Schematic illustration of enhanced tumor immunotherapy using DC therapy mediated by metal ion-chelated L-phenylalanine nanocomplexes. Credit: Nature Nanotechnology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024 ...