Nuclear iron deposits in hepatocytes of iron-loaded HFE-knock-out mice: A morphometric and immunocytochemical analysis

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-65

  Magens, Björn ^a   Düllmann, Jochen ^a   Schümann, Klaus ^b   Wulfhekel, Uwe ^c   Nielsen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonyl iron; Hepatocytes; HFE knock out mice; Isoferritins; Nuclear iron deposits; TMH ferrocene

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IRON; NUTRITION;

HAEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATOCYTES; NUCLEAR IRON DEPOSITS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CARBONYL IRON; FERRITIN; FERROCENE; IRON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IRON INTAKE; IRON OVERLOAD; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL NUCLEUS; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18044368705     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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