Iron transport across cell membranes: Molecular understanding of duodenal and placental iron uptake

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Haematology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 243-259

  Srai, S K S ^a   Bomford, Adrian ^b   McArdle, Harry J ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apical membrane; Basolateral membrane; Crypt cell; DMTI; Enterocyte; Epithelial cell; Ferric reductace (Dcytb); Ferritin; Ferroportin; Hephaestin; Hereditary haemochromatosis; HFE; IREGI; Iron deficiency; Iron overload; Iron transporters; MTPI; Placenta; Syncytiotrophoblast; Transferrin; Trsnsferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; APOTRANSFERRIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CERULOPLASMIN; FERRIC ION; FERROPORTIN 1; HFE PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN HEPHAESTIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; IRON KINETICS; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; SOLUBILIZATION; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTHRITIS; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL MATURATION; CHILD GROWTH; CRYPT CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEART DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HYPOGONADISM; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE VILLUS; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MENSTRUATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036428760     PISSN: 15216926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6926(02)90003-4     Document Type: Review

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