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Theodros Z Kidane

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Kidane T, Farhad R, Lee K, Santos A, Russo E, Linder M
Biometals . 2012 Feb; 25(4):697-709. PMID: 22354499
Plasma proteins rather than amino acid chelates are the direct sources of copper for mammalian cells. In continuing studies on the mechanisms by which albumin and transcuprein deliver copper and...
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Gray L, Kidane T, Nguyen A, Akagi S, Petrasek K, Chu Y, et al.
Biochem J . 2008 Dec; 419(1):237-45. PMID: 19076073
In the blood plasma of humans and rats, ceruloplasmin is the major copper-binding protein and ferroxidase, accounting for 70% of the copper present in the plasma, with the rest binding...
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Liu N, Lo L, Askary S, Jones L, Kidane T, Trang T, et al.
J Nutr Biochem . 2007 Mar; 18(9):597-608. PMID: 17363239
Transcuprein is a high-affinity copper carrier in the plasma that is involved in the initial distribution of copper entering the blood from the digestive tract. To identify and obtain cDNA...
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Kidane T, Sauble E, Linder M
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol . 2006 Apr; 291(3):C445-55. PMID: 16611735
How ferritin-Fe becomes available for cell functions is unknown. Our previous studies with rat hepatoma cells indicated ferritin had to be degraded to release its Fe. In these studies, we...