Sophia Smith

Targeted deletion of the gene encoding iron regulatory protein-2 causes misregulation of iron metabolism and neurodegenerative disease in mice

Timothy LaVaute, Sophia Smith, Sharon Cooperman et al. · Nature Genetics · 2001 · 509 citations

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Iron Metabolism, Genetics +9

Expression of the iron transporter ferroportin in synaptic vesicles and the blood–brain barrier

Laura Wu, A. G. Miriam Leenders, Sharon Cooperman et al. · Brain Research · 2004 · 206 citations

Iron Metabolism, Synaptic Transmission, Synaptic Signaling +17

Complete loss of iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 prevents viability of murine zygotes beyond the blastocyst stage of embryonic development

Sophia Smith, Manik C. Ghosh, Hayden Ollivierre-Wilson et al. · Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases · 2006 · 119 citations

Blastocyst Stage, Developmental Biology, Genetics +11

Severity of Neurodegeneration Correlates with Compromise of Iron Metabolism in Mice with Iron Regulatory Protein Deficiencies

Sophia Smith, Sharon Cooperman, TIM LAVAUTE et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 94 citations

Electron tomography of degenerating neurons in mice with abnormal regulation of iron metabolism

Peijun Zhang, William Land, Stanton Lee et al. · Journal of Structural Biology · 2005 · 55 citations · Full text

Neuroanatomy, Iron Metabolism, Physiology +11