Advances in understanding the molecular basis for the regulation of dietary iron absorption

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-206

  Fleming, Robert E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaemia of inflammation; Hemochromatosis; Hepcidin; Iron absorption

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERROPORTIN 1; HEME; HEPCIDIN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DUODENUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON, DIETARY; LIVER;

EID: 14644407428     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mog.0000153362.98276.db     Document Type: Review

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