Authors: Ahmed A, Ghit A, Houjak A, Elkazzaz M DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.102923 Abstract Zinc is a trace metal ion that has a role in both physiological and pathological processes, making it one of the most common and necessary components involved in brain function. Besides, zinc is required for cell proliferation control in a variety of mechanisms, [...]

Authors: Cereda G, Ciappolino V, Boscutti A, Cantu F, Enrico P, Oldani L PMID: 34634109 PMCID: PMC8524565 DOI: 10.1093/advances/nmab110 Abstract The outbreak of the pandemic associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led researchers to find new potential treatments, including nonpharmacological molecules such as zinc (Zn2+). Specifically, the use of Zn2+ as a [...]

Authors: Fatima S, Zaidi SS, Alsharidah AS, Alijaser FS, Banu N PMID: 33344529 PMCID: PMC7744567 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.585789 Abstract SARS-CoV-2, an epidemic, causes severe stress in both human and animals and may induce oxidative stress (OS) and increases susceptibility to infection. Domestic animals are found infected by their COVID-2 suffering owners. Chronic immobilization stress (CIS), a [...]

More than 1.6 million Americans have been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and more than 10 times that number carry antibodies to it.

Authors: Ahmed AK, Albalawi YS, Shora HA, Abelseed HK, Al-Kattan AN. DOI:10.37179/rijed.000005 Abstract ABSTRACT COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, reached epidemic proportions and spread globally as a serious life-threatening pandemic. SARS- Cov-2 is the causative virus that causes severe acute respiratory distress, pneumonia, respiratory failure, and septic shock leading to increased mortality. [...]

Authors: Skalny AV, Rink L, Ajsuvakova OP, Aschner M, Gritsenko VA PMID: 32319538 PMCID: PMC7255455 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2020.4575 Abstract In view of the emerging COVID‑19 pandemic caused by SARS‑CoV‑2 virus, the search for potential protective and therapeutic antiviral strategies is of particular and urgent interest. Zinc is known to modulate antiviral and antibacterial immunity and regulate [...]

Authors: Sanna A, Firinu D, Zavattari P, Valera P PMID: 29324654 PMCID: PMC5793296 DOI: 10.3390/nu10010068 Abstract Zinc is an essential trace element for living organisms and their biological processes. Zinc plays a key role in more than 300 enzymes and it is involved in cell communication, proliferation, differentiation and survival. Zinc plays also a role [...]

Authors: Dabbagh-Bazarbachi H, Clergeaud G, Quesada IM, Ortiz M, O'Sullivan CK PMID: 25050823 DOI: 10.1021/jf5014633 Abstract Labile zinc, a tiny fraction of total intracellular zinc that is loosely bound to proteins and easily interchangeable, modulates the activity of numerous signaling and metabolic pathways. Dietary plant polyphenols such as the flavonoids quercetin (QCT) and epigallocatechin-gallate act [...]

Authors: Ranjbar E, Kasaei MS, Mohammad-Shirazi M, Shams J, Mostafavi SA PMID: 24130605 PMCID: PMC3796297 Abstract Objective: Major depression is a mood disorder that causes changes in physical activity, appetite, sleep and weight. Regarding the role of zinc in the pathology of depression, the present study was aimed to investigate the effects of zinc supplementation [...]

Authors: Levenson CW PMID: 16491668 DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2006.tb00171.x Abstract Low serum zinc levels have been linked to major depression. Furthermore, zinc treatment has been shown to have an antidepressant effect. With the hope of understanding the role of zinc in mood disorders, recent work has begun to explore possible mechanisms of zinc action on serotonin uptake [...]