Dietary and physiological effects of zinc on the immune system

I Wessels, HJ Fischer, L Rink - Annual review of nutrition, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Evidence for the importance of zinc for all immune cells and for mounting an efficient and
balanced immune response to various environmental stressors has been accumulating in …

Can Zn be a critical element in COVID-19 treatment?

MT Rahman, SZ Idid - Biological trace element research, 2021 - Springer
The current COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has prompted investigators
worldwide to search for an effective anti-viral treatment. A number of anti-viral drugs such as …

[HTML][HTML] Happily (n) ever after: Aging in the context of oxidative stress, proteostasis loss and cellular senescence

A Höhn, D Weber, T Jung, C Ott, M Hugo, B Kochlik… - Redox biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Aging is a complex phenomenon and its impact is becoming more relevant due to the rising
life expectancy and because aging itself is the basis for the development of age-related …

Chloroquine is a zinc ionophore

J Xue, A Moyer, B Peng, J Wu, BN Hannafon, WQ Ding - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Chloroquine is an established antimalarial agent that has been recently tested in clinical
trials for its anticancer activity. The favorable effect of chloroquine appears to be due to its …

Simultaneous Zn2+ tracking in multiple organelles using super-resolution morphology-correlated organelle identification in living cells

H Fang, S Geng, M Hao, Q Chen, M Liu, C Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Zn2+ plays important roles in metabolism and signaling regulation. Subcellular Zn2+
compartmentalization is essential for organelle functions and cell biology, but there is …

[PDF][PDF] Improving the efficacy of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine against SARS-CoV-2 may require Zinc additives-A better synergy for future COVID-19 clinical …

MO Shittu, OI Afolami - Infez Med, 2020 - academia.edu
SUMMARY chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, of which mechanism of action is not
completely understood. We seek to draw the attention of the scientific community to the …

Zinc in cognitive impairment and aging

R Sun, J Wang, J Feng, B Cao - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zinc, an essential micronutrient for life, was first discovered in 1869 and later found to be
indispensable for the normal development of plants and for the normal growth of rats and …

Potential benefits of combination of Nigella sativa and Zn supplements to treat COVID-19

MT Rahman - Journal of herbal medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
An effective vaccine to prevent the SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 is yet to be approved.
Further there is no drug that is specific to treat COVID-19. A number of antiviral drugs such …

mTOR and autophagy in normal brain aging and caloric restriction ameliorating age-related cognition deficits

F Yang, X Chu, M Yin, X Liu, H Yuan, Y Niu… - Behavioural brain …, 2014 - Elsevier
Defect of autophagy is common to many neurodegenerative disorders because it serves as
a major degradation pathway for the clearance of various aggregate-prone proteins …

Zinc and respiratory viral infections: important trace element in anti-viral response and immune regulation

F Sadeghsoltani, I Mohammadzadeh, MM Safari… - Biological trace element …, 2021 - Springer
Influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and SARS-COV2 are among the most
dangerous respiratory viruses. Zinc is one of the essential micronutrients and is very …