@inbook{d73326215c2842179a0a49b6e0edb465,
title = "Zinc",
abstract = "Since the discovery of manifest Zn deficiency in 1961, the increasing number of studies demonstrated the association between altered Zn status and multiple diseases. In this chapter, we provide a review of the most recent advances on the role of Zn in health and disease (2010 − 20), with a special focus on the role of Zn in neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, diabetes and obesity, male and female reproduction, as well as COVID-19. In parallel with the revealed tight association between ASD risk and severity and Zn status, the particular mechanisms linking Zn2 + and ASD pathogenesis like modulation of synaptic plasticity through ProSAP/Shank scaffold, neurotransmitter metabolism, and gut microbiota, have been elucidated. The increasing body of data indicate the potential involvement of Zn2 + metabolism in neurodegeneration. Systemic Zn levels in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease were found to be reduced, whereas its sequestration in brain may result in modulation of amyloid β and α-synuclein processing with subsequent toxic effects. Zn2 + was shown to possess adipotropic effects through the role of zinc transporters, zinc finger proteins, and Zn-α2-glycoprotein in adipose tissue physiology, underlying its particular role in pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes mellitus type 2. Recent findings also contribute to further understanding of the role of Zn2 + in spermatogenesis and sperm functioning, as well as oocyte development and fertilization. Finally, Zn2 + was shown to be the potential adjuvant therapy in management of novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), underlining the perspectives of zinc in management of old and new threats.",
keywords = "Autism, Diabetes, Infertility, Neurodegeneration, Obesity",
author = "Skalny, {Anatoly V.} and Michael Aschner and Tinkov, {Alexey A.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/bs.afnr.2021.01.003",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780128206485",
series = "Advances in Food and Nutrition Research",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
pages = "251--310",
editor = "Eskin, {N.A. Michael}",
booktitle = "The Latest Research and Development of Minerals in Human Nutrition",
}