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SUBMITTER: Baldari S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7037088 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baldari Silvia S Di Rocco Giuliana G Toietta Gabriele G
International journal of molecular sciences 20200206 3
Copper is an essential microelement that plays an important role in a wide variety of biological processes. Copper concentration has to be finely regulated, as any imbalance in its homeostasis can induce abnormalities. In particular, excess copper plays an important role in the etiopathogenesis of the genetic disease Wilson's syndrome, in neurological and neurodegenerative pathologies such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in diabetes, and in several form ...[more]