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Disorders of iron metabolism.

Nancy C. Andrews
- 23 Dec 1999 - 
- Vol. 341, Iss: 26, pp 1986-1995
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Iron has the capacity to accept and donate electrons readily, interconverting between ferric (Fe2+) and ferrous (Fe3+) forms, which makes it a useful component of cytochromes, oxygen-binding molecules, and many enzymes.
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Iron has the capacity to accept and donate electrons readily, interconverting between ferric (Fe2+) and ferrous (Fe3+) forms. This capability makes it a useful component of cytochromes, oxygen-bind...

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Amlodipine decreases iron uptake and oxygen free radical production in the heart of chronically iron overloaded mice.

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Iron chaperones for mitochondrial Fe–S cluster biosynthesis and ferritin iron storage

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Non-transferrin bound iron measurement is influenced by chelator concentration.

TL;DR: For the spectrophotometric method, significantly higher NTBI values were measured in patient samples with maximal iron saturation compared to patients with lower iron saturation, showing excellent correlation with 195 samples measured also by HPLC.
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Day-to-day variation in iron-status measures in young iron-deplete women

TL;DR: No significant differences in Fe status were found across the menstrual cycle in young Fe-depleted women and the conclusions from this study are valid for studies conducted under similar strict conditions.
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Hyperferritinemia—A Clinical Overview

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of a selection of the literature based on the authors' own experiences and assessments in accordance with international recommendations and guidelines is presented, addressing the biology, etiology, and epidemiology of hyperferritinemia.
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A novel MHC class-I-like gene is mutated in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis

John N. Feder
- 01 Jan 1996 - 
TL;DR: Using linkage–disequilibrium and full haplotype analysis, a region more than 3 megabases telomeric of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that is identical–by–descent in 85% of patient chromosomes is identified, containing a gene related to the MHC class I family, termed HLA–H, containing two missense alterations.
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Cloning and characterization of a mammalian proton-coupled metal-ion transporter

TL;DR: A new metal-ion transporter in the rat, DCT1, which has an unusually broad substrate range that includes Fe2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, Co2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, Ni2+ and Pb2+.
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Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in the United States

TL;DR: Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are still relatively common in toddlers, adolescent girls, and women of childbearing age and were more likely in those who are minority, low income, and multiparous.
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Microcytic anaemia mice have a mutation in Nramp2, a candidate iron transporter gene.

TL;DR: A positional cloning strategy is undertaken to identify the causative mutation in mice with microcytic anaemia, and it is suggested that the phenotype is a consequence of a missense mutation in Nramp2 (ref. 5), a previously identified gene of unknown function.
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