Selenium is found at the active centre of twenty-five selenoproteins which have a variety of
roles, including the well-characterised function of antioxidant defense, but it also is claimed …

Background Selenium is an essential trace element with both beneficial and detrimental
effects on health depending on dose and chemical form. Currently, there is debate on …

The importance of selenium for optimal immune function is now apparent. Here, Roddie
McKenzie and colleagues describe how selenium is involved in the function of immune …

Selenium has a long history as a toxicant: the writings of Marco Polo suggest that merchants
who ventured into Western China in the late 13th century to buy rhubarb lost their beasts of …

Selenium is an essential trace element involved in several key metabolic activities via
selenoproteins, enzymes that are essential to protect against oxidative damage and to …

Selenium (Se) is a potent nutritional antioxidant that carries out biological effects through its
incorporation into selenoproteins. Given the crucial roles that selenoproteins play in …

This study examined the effect of dietary (200 μg/d for 8 wk) supplementation with selenium
(as sodium selenite) on the ability of human peripheral blood lymphocytes to respond to …

The workshop was organised to discuss the validity and limitations of existing functional
markers of Se status in human subjects and to identify future research priorities in this area …

Selenium as an essential component of selenocysteine-containing protein is involved in
most aspects of cell biochemistry and function. As such, there is much potential for selenium …

A role for the dietary trace mineral element selenium in the reduction of cancer incidence
has been documented in numerous epidemiological and experimental studies. The precise …