A critical comparison of natural enzymes and nanozymes in biosensing and bioassays

AM Ashrafi, Z Bytesnikova, J Barek, L Richtera… - Biosensors and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Nanozymes (NZs) are nanomaterials that mimic enzyme-like catalytic activity. They have
attracted substantial attention due to their inherent physicochemical properties for use as …

Neurotoxicity linked to dysfunctional metal ion homeostasis and xenobiotic metal exposure: redox signaling and oxidative stress

C Garza-Lombó, Y Posadas, L Quintanar… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2018‏ - liebertpub.com
Significance: Essential metals such as copper, iron, manganese, and zinc play a role as
cofactors in the activity of a wide range of processes involved in cellular homeostasis and …

Serum ferritin is an important inflammatory disease marker, as it is mainly a leakage product from damaged cells

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Metallomics, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract" Serum ferritin" presents a paradox, as the iron storage protein ferritin is not
synthesised in serum yet is to be found there. Serum ferritin is also a well known …

Iron chemistry at the service of life

M Sánchez, L Sabio, N Gálvez, M Capdevila… - IUBMB …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Iron is an essential element for almost all organisms on Earth. It is necessary for a number of
crucial processes such as hemoglobin and myoglobin transport and storage of oxygen in …

Growth Process of Fe–O Nanoclusters with Different Sizes Biosynthesized by Protein Nanocages

W Wang, H **, D Fu, D Ma, W Gong… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
All protein-directed syntheses of metal nanoclusters (NCs) and nanoparticles (NPs) have
attracted considerable attention because protein scaffolds provide a unique metal …

Cost-effective paper-based electrochemical immunosensor using a label-free assay for sensitive detection of ferritin

S Boonkaew, P Teengam, S Jampasa, S Rengpipat… - Analyst, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Ferritin, a blood cell protein containing iron, is a crucial biomarker that is used to estimate
the risk assessment of iron deficiency anemia. For point-of-care analysis, a reliable, cost …

Kinetics of ferritin self-assembly by laser light scattering: impact of subunit concentration, pH, and ionic strength

A Mohanty, MK, SS Jena, RK Behera - Biomacromolecules, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Ferritins, the cellular iron repositories, are self-assembled, hollow spherical nanocage
proteins composed of 24 subunits. The self-assembly process in ferritin generates the …

An inside out journey: biogenesis, ultrastructure and proteomic characterisation of the ectoparasitic flatworm Sparicotyle chrysophrii extracellular vesicles

E Riera-Ferrer, H Mazanec, I Mladineo, P Konik… - Parasites & …, 2024‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Helminth extracellular vesicles (EVs) are known to have a three-way
communication function among parasitic helminths, their host and the host-associated …

Iron stored in ferritin is chemically reduced in the presence of aggregating Aβ (1-42)

J Everett, J Brooks, F Lermyte, PB O'Connor… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Atypical low-oxidation-state iron phases in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology are
implicated in disease pathogenesis, as they may promote elevated redox activity and …

[HTML][HTML] Imidacloprid activates ROS and causes mortality in honey bees (Apis mellifera) by inducing iron overload

B He, Z Liu, Y Wang, L Cheng, Q Qing, J Duan… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid pesticide widely used for insect pest control, has become a
potential pollutant to pollinators. Previous reports have demonstrated the toxicity of this drug …