Maintaining copper homeostasis: regulation of copper-trafficking proteins in response to copper deficiency or overload

J Bertinato, MR L'Abbé - The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
Copper is an essential micronutrient that plays a vital role as a catalytic co-factor for a variety
of metalloenzymes. The redox chemistry of copper also makes it a potentially toxic metal if …

Approaches to removing trans fats from the food supply in industrialized and developing countries

MR L'Abbé, S Stender, CM Skeaff… - European journal of …, 2009 - nature.com
A number of approaches have been initiated by governmental and public health organizations
in different countries to reduce trans-fatty acid (TFA) intakes. These have included …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient profile models with applications in government-led nutrition policies aimed at health promotion and noncommunicable disease prevention: a …

…, B Franco-Arellano, M Rayner, MR L'Abbé - Advances in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nutrient profile (NP) models, tools used to rate or evaluate the nutritional quality of foods,
are increasingly used by government bodies worldwide to underpin nutrition-related policies. …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetable oils high in phytosterols make erythrocytes less deformable and shorten the life span of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats

WMN Ratnayake, MR L'Abbé, R Mueller… - The Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Previous studies have shown that canola oil (CA), compared with soybean oil (SO), shortens
the life span of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive (SHRSP) rats, a widely used …

[HTML][HTML] Copper modulates the degradation of copper chaperone for Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase by the 26 S proteosome

J Bertinato, MR L'Abbé - Journal of biological chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
Copper chaperones are copper-binding proteins that directly insert copper into specific
targets, preventing the accumulation of free copper ions that can be toxic to the cell. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] Total and free sugar content of Canadian prepackaged foods and beverages

JT Bernstein, A Schermel, CM Mills, MR L'Abbé - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
A number of recommendations for policy and program interventions to limit excess free sugar
consumption have emerged, however there are a lack of data describing the amounts and …

[HTML][HTML] Executive summary—Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development: building a consensus

…, S Namasté, B Brabin, G Combs Jr, MR L'Abbe… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The ability to develop evidence-based clinical guidance and effective programs and
policies to achieve global health promotion and disease prevention goals depends on the …

Ctr2 is partially localized to the plasma membrane and stimulates copper uptake in COS-7 cells

…, E Swist, LJ Plouffe, SPJ Brooks, MR L'abbé - Biochemical …, 2008 - portlandpress.com
Ctr1 (copper transporter 1) mediates high-affinity copper uptake. Ctr2 (copper transporter 2)
shares sequence similarity with Ctr1, yet its function in mammalian cells is poorly understood…

Nutrition marketing on processed food packages in Canada: 2010 Food Label Information Program

…, JA Arcand, CL Wong, MR L'abbé - Applied Physiology …, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
The current study describes the frequency of use of different forms of nutrition marketing in
Canada and the nutrients and conditions that are the focus of nutrition marketing messages. …

[HTML][HTML] Traffic-light labels could reduce population intakes of calories, total fat, saturated fat, and sodium

TE Emrich, Y Qi, WY Lou, MR L'Abbe - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Traffic-light labelling has been proposed as a public health intervention to improve the dietary
intakes of consumers. OBJECTIVES: to model the potential impact of avoiding foods with …