Systemic iron homeostasis and the iron-responsive element/iron-regulatory protein (IRE/IRP) regulatory network

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue , 2008, Pages 197-213

  Muckenthaler, Martina U ^a   Galy, Bruno ^b   Hentze, Matthias W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepcidin; Iron deficiency; Iron overload; mRNA; Posttranscriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CD71 ANTIGEN; FERRITIN; FERRITIN H; FERRITIN L; FERROPORTIN; GLUTAREDOXIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; IRON TRANSPORTER FPN1; MESSENGER RNA; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON CHELATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SKIN CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; URINARY EXCRETION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS;

EID: 50949102412     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.28.061807.155521     Document Type: Review

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