Abnormal iron uptake and liver cancer

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1699-1708

  Chen, Juxing ^a   Chloupková, Maja ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia hypoxia; BMP signaling; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepcidin; Hereditary hemochromatosis; Inflammation; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CD71 ANTIGEN; FERROPORTIN; HEMOJUVELIN; HEPCIDIN; HFE PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; IRON; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANEMIA; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

EID: 73249120886     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.8.18.9146     Document Type: Review

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