Association of HFE and TMPRSS6 genetic variants with iron and erythrocyte parameters is only in part dependent on serum hepcidin concentrations

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 629-634

  Traglia, Michela ^a   Girelli, Domenico ^b   Biino, Ginevra ^c   Campostrini, Natascia ^b   Corbella, Michela ^b   Sala, Cinzia ^a   Masciullo, Corrado ^a   Viganò, Fiammetta ^a   Buetti, Iwan ^a   Pistis, Giorgio ^a   Cocca, Massimiliano ^a   Camaschella, Clara ^a,d   Toniolo, Daniela ^a,c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN TMPRSS6; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HERITABILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052587883     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2011-100061     Document Type: Article

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