Hemochromatosis and the enigma of misplaced iron: Implications for infectious disease and survival

BioMetals

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-139

  Moalem, Sharon ^a   Weinberg, Eugene D ^b   Percy, Maire E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hemochromatosis; Iron; Microorganisms; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COXIELLA; FRANCISELLA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON OVERLOAD; LEGIONELLA; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SIDEROSIS; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CORONARY DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON; MACROPHAGES; SIDEROSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; COXIELLA; FRANCISELLA; LEGIONELLA; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; SALMONELLA; YERSINIA;

EID: 1642566560     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOM.0000018375.20026.b3     Document Type: Review

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