scispace - formally typeset
Journal ArticleDOI

Disorders of iron metabolism.

Nancy C. Andrews
- 23 Dec 1999 - 
- Vol. 341, Iss: 26, pp 1986-1995
TLDR
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

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

The role of hepatic transferrin receptor 2 in the regulation of iron homeostasis in the body.

TL;DR: Loss of functional TfR2 or its binding partner, the original HH protein, results in a loss of this transferrin-sensitivity, and hepatocytes treated with Tf respond with a 2-fold increase in hepcidin expression through stimulation of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-signaling pathway.
Journal ArticleDOI

Bioinorganics and Wound Healing.

TL;DR: This article reviews the literature of several inorganic ions and molecules and their potential effects on the different wound healing phases and their use in new wound dressings.
Journal ArticleDOI

Iron intake, haemoglobin and risk of gestational diabetes: a prospective cohort study

TL;DR: It is suggested that routine iron supplementation should be reconsidered in this risk group of women who are not anaemic in early pregnancy and who are at increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
Journal ArticleDOI

The effects of iron overload on mitochondrial function, mitochondrial dynamics, and ferroptosis in cardiomyocytes.

TL;DR: The effects of iron overload on cardiac mitochondrial function, cardiac mitochondrial dynamics, ferroptosis of cardiomyocytes, and left ventricular function in in vitro and in vivo reports are discussed.
Journal ArticleDOI

Noncanonical role of transferrin receptor 1 is essential for intestinal homeostasis

TL;DR: The results implicate Tfr1 in homeostatic maintenance of the intestinal epithelium, acting through a role that is independent of its iron-uptake function, revealing a surprising role for this ubiquitous membrane protein.
References
More filters
Journal Article

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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+.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Journal ArticleDOI

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.
Related Papers (5)