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Interrelations between Essential Metal Ions and Human Diseases

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Attention for Chapter 4: Calcium in Health and Disease
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Chapter title
Calcium in Health and Disease
Chapter number 4
Book title
Interrelations between Essential Metal Ions and Human Diseases
Published in
Metal ions in life sciences, November 2013
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7500-8_4
Pubmed ID
Book ISBNs
978-9-40-077499-5, 978-9-40-077500-8
Authors

Marisa Brini, Denis Ottolini, Tito Calì, Ernesto Carafoli, Brini, Marisa, Ottolini, Denis, Calì, Tito, Carafoli, Ernesto

Editors

Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, Roland K.O. Sigel

Abstract

Evolution has exploited the chemical properties of Ca(2+), which facilitate its reversible binding to the sites of irregular geometry offered by biological macromolecules, to select it as a carrier of cellular signals. A number of proteins bind Ca(2+) to specific sites: those intrinsic to membranes play the most important role in the spatial and temporal regulation of the concentration and movements of Ca(2+) inside cells. Those which are soluble, or organized in non-membranous structures, also decode the Ca(2+) message to be then transmitted to the targets of its regulation. Since Ca(2+) controls the most important processes in the life of cells, it must be very carefully controlled within the cytoplasm, where most of the targets of its signaling function reside. Membrane channels (in the plasma membrane and in the organelles) mediate the entrance of Ca(2+) into the cytoplasm, ATPases, exchangers, and the mitochondrial Ca(2+) uptake system remove Ca(2+) from it. The concentration of Ca(2+) in the external spaces, which is controlled essentially by its dynamic exchanges in the bone system, is much higher than inside cells, and can, under conditions of pathology, generate a situation of dangerous internal Ca(2+) overload. When massive and persistent, the Ca(2+) overload culminates in the death of the cell. Subtle conditions of cellular Ca(2+) dyshomeostasis that affect individual systems that control Ca(2+), generate cell disease phenotypes that are particularly severe in tissues in which the signaling function of Ca(2+) has special importance, e.g., the nervous system.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Unknown 122 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 22 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 16%
Researcher 16 13%
Student > Master 14 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 4%
Other 15 12%
Unknown 32 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 21 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 16 13%
Chemistry 10 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 3%
Other 18 15%
Unknown 38 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 January 2024.
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