Toxic metals and metalloids are widespread in nature and can locally reach fairly high
concentrations. To ensure cellular protection and survival in such environments, all …

Metals play important but varied roles in human health. Some metals are required for normal
metabolic function, with optimal amounts for maximum benefit. Others are only known to …

The ocean has been assumed as the main sink of microplastics (MPs), however, soils may
also receive MPs from different sources and through different pathways, which may affect the …

Soils are both a sink and a pathway of plastic wastes, but there is a great lack of knowledge
regarding their impacts on soil biota. To tackle the mechanisms of toxicity of these …

The pathophysiology of ALS involves many signs of a disruption in copper homeostasis, with
both excess free levels and functional deficiency likely occurring simultaneously. This is …

Background ErbB2 overexpression identifies a subset of breast cancer as ErbB2-positive
and is frequently associated with poor clinical outcomes. As a membrane-embedded …

Microbial metabolism of inorganics has been the subject of interest since the 1970s when it
was recognized that bacteria are involved in the transformation of metal compounds in the …

Despite the concern about anthropogenic heavy metal accumulation, there remain few multi-
level ecotoxicological studies to evaluate their effects in fluvial ecosystems. The toxicity of …

Background Arsenic and cadmium are widely distributed in nature and pose serious threats
to the environment and human health. Exposure to these nonessential toxic metals may …

Probiotic bacteria are sold mainly in fermented foods, and dairy products play a predominant
role as carriers of probiotics. Functional dairy foods are well suited to promoting the positive …