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Disorders of iron metabolism.
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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.Abstract:
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...read more
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Iron absorption in breast-fed infants: Effects of age, iron status, iron supplements, and complementary foods
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The Molecular Biology of Human Iron Metabolism
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Hepcidin—A Peptide Hormone at the Interface of Innate Immunity and Iron Metabolism
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A novel MHC class I–like gene is mutated in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis
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A novel MHC class-I-like gene is mutated in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis
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
Hiromi Gunshin,Bryan Mackenzie,Urs V. Berger,Yoshimi Gunshin,Michael F. Romero,Walter F. Boron,Stephan Nussberger,John L. Gollan,Matthias A. Hediger +8 more
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.
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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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