The Role of Selenium in Health and Disease: Emerging and Recurring Trends

Nutrients. 2020 Apr 10;12(4):1049. doi: 10.3390/nu12041049.

Abstract

In this Special Issue of Nutrients, "The Role of Selenium in Health and Disease" covers diverse diseases in the 8 original research articles and 2 reviews, such as cardiovascular disorders (CVD), metabolic syndrome, obesity, cancer, and viral infection, and highlights novel potential biomarkers of disease risk and prognosis [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / metabolism
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Metabolic Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Metabolic Syndrome / etiology*
  • Metabolic Syndrome / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Obesity / diagnosis
  • Obesity / etiology*
  • Obesity / metabolism
  • Selenium / deficiency*
  • Selenium / metabolism
  • Selenium / physiology*
  • Selenium-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Selenoprotein P / metabolism
  • Selenoproteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • SELENBP1 protein, human
  • SELENOP protein, human
  • Selenium-Binding Proteins
  • Selenoprotein P
  • Selenoproteins
  • Selenium