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Interrelations between Essential Metal Ions and Human Diseases

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Attention for Chapter 9: Cobalt: Its Role in Health and Disease
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#18 of 135)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (87th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (68th percentile)

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Chapter title
Cobalt: Its Role in Health and Disease
Chapter number 9
Book title
Interrelations between Essential Metal Ions and Human Diseases
Published in
Metal ions in life sciences, November 2013
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7500-8_9
Pubmed ID
Book ISBNs
978-9-40-077499-5, 978-9-40-077500-8
Authors

Kazuhiro Yamada, Yamada, Kazuhiro

Editors

Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, Roland K.O. Sigel

Abstract

The primarily function of cobalt in humans is based on its role in cobalamin (Cbl, vitamin B12). Therefore, this chapter will focus on the physiological roles of Cbl and the importance of cobalt in human health. Cbl acts as the cofactor for two enzymes, i.e., methylmalonyl-CoA mutase and methionine synthase, in humans. Both enzymes are important for health. In addition, unlike other water-soluble vitamins, there is a unique absorption, delivery, and activation system for Cbl in mammals. Therefore, this chapter will also review the literature on the Cbl transporting system, which is crucial for Cbl function.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Japan 1 <1%
Unknown 169 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 41 24%
Student > Master 16 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 9%
Researcher 13 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 5%
Other 27 16%
Unknown 50 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 38 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 7%
Unspecified 5 3%
Other 30 18%
Unknown 54 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 October 2023.
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#3,099,180
of 23,743,910 outputs
Outputs from Metal ions in life sciences
#18
of 135 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#35,986
of 306,604 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Metal ions in life sciences
#7
of 19 outputs
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