Serum soluble transferrin receptor concentrations are elevated in Congolese children with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variants, but not sickle cell variants or α-thalassemia

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1785-1794

  Barker, Mikaela K ^a,b   Henderson, Amanda M ^a,b   Naguib, Karimah ^a,b   Vercauteren, Suzanne M ^b,c   Devlin, Angela M ^a,b   Albert, Arianne Y ^d   Bahizire, Esto ^e,f   Tugirimana, Pierrot L ^g   Akilimali, Pierre Z ^h   Boy, Erick ⁱ   Green, Tim J ^j,k   Karakochuk, Crystal D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BUKAVU   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^g Faculty of Medicine   (Congo)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Anemia; Biomarkers; Congo; Ferritin; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Hemoglobinopathy; Inflammation; Iron; Malaria; Variant

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; IRON;

AGE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGO; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMIZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BIOMARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85028588859     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.117.252635     Document Type: Article

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