Selenium and selenoproteins in viral infection with potential relevance to COVID-19
Selenium is a trace element essential to human health largely because of its incorporation into selenoproteins that have a wide range of protective functions. Selenium has an ongoing history of reducing the incidence and severity of various viral infections; for example, a German study found seleniu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-10-01
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Series: | Redox Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231720309204 |