NR AKLQ

AU Sayre,L.M.; Perry,G.; Atwood,C.S.; Smith,M.A.

TI The role of metals in neurodegenerative diseases

QU Cellular and Molecular Biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) 2000 Jun; 46(4): 731-41

PT journal article; review; review, academic

AB There is increasing evidence in a number of neurodegenerative diseases that transition metal-mediated abnormalities play a crucial role in disease pathogenesis. In this treatise, we review the role of metal homeostasis as it pertains to alterations in brain function in neurodegenerative diseases. In fact, while there is documented evidence for alterations in transition metal homeostasis, redox-activity and localization, it is also important to realize that alterations in specific copper- and iron-containing metalloenzymes also appear to play a crucial role in the neurodegenerative process.

ZR 115

MH Alzheimer Disease/metabolism; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/metabolism; Copper/metabolism; Human; Iron/metabolism; Metals/*metabolism; Neurodegenerative Diseases/*metabolism; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxidative Stress; Parkinson Disease/metabolism; Prion Diseases/metabolism; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

AD Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA

SP englisch

PO Frankreich

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