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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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IL-6 mediates hypoferremia of inflammation by inducing the synthesis of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin

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A mutation in the ceruloplasmin gene is associated with systemic hemosiderosis in humans.

TL;DR: The mutation in the Cp gene is associated with systemic hemosiderosis in humans because of a premature termination codon at the amino acid position 991 by defective splicing.
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Serum transferrin receptor distinguishes the anemia of chronic disease from iron deficiency anemia.

TL;DR: It is concluded that unlike serum ferritin levels, which are disproportionately elevated in relation to iron stores in patients with inflammation or liver disease, the serum transferrin receptor level is not affected by these disorders and is therefore a reliable laboratory index of iron deficiency anemia.
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HFE mutations analysis in 711 hemochromatosis probands: evidence for S65C implication in mild form of hemochromatosis.

TL;DR: The results confirm that the C282Y substitution was the main mutation involved in hemochromatosis, accounting for 85% of carrier chromosomes, whereas the H63D substitution represented 39% of the HH chromosomes that did not carry the C283Y mutation, and showed that the S65C substitution was significantly enriched in probands with at least one chromosome without an assigned mutation.
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Association of HLA-A3 and HLA-B14 antigens with idiopathic haemochromatosis.

M. Simon, +3 more
- 01 May 1976 - 
TL;DR: This finding strongly supports the suggestion that idiopathic haemochromatosis is a genetic disease and suggests that the gene(s) responsible for the disease may be linked to the histocompatibility genes.
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