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    Human iron metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that maintain human homeostasis of iron at the systemic and cellular level. Iron is both necessary...
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    Iron metabolism disorders may involve a number of genes including HFE and TFR2. Hepcidin is the master regulator of iron metabolism and, therefore, most...
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    elements (IREs) in the regulation of human iron metabolism. ACO1, or IRP1, is a bifunctional protein that functions as an iron-responsive element (IRE)-binding...
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    muscles. To maintain the necessary levels, human iron metabolism requires a minimum of iron in the diet. Iron is also the metal at the active site of many...
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    fertility and menstrual cycle in women. metabolism: diabetes in people with iron overload occurs as a result of selective iron deposition in islet beta cells in...
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    causing iron deficiency have been studied in rodents, there are no known genetic disorders of human iron metabolism that directly cause iron deficiency...
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  • values to interpret a specific test (for instance, your own). Human iron metabolism Serum Iron Archived 2006-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. University of Illinois...
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    Child Health and Human Development and she heads the section on human iron metabolism. Tracey Rouault completed bachelor's degree in biology at Yale College...
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  • becomes a part of the endogenous iron pool and establishes normal human iron distribution, metabolism, and elimination. Iron poisoning is a fatal medical...
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  • terephthalate, a polyester precursor DMT1, a transporter involved in human iron metabolism Dimethylglycine N-methyltransferase, an enzyme DMTMM (4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1...
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  • film Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft Human iron metabolism This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blood and Iron. If an...
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    Metabolism (/məˈtæbəlɪzəm/, from Greek: μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. The three main functions...
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    Ceruloplasmin (category Iron metabolism)
    in humans is encoded by the CP gene. Ceruloplasmin is the major copper-carrying protein in the blood, and in addition plays a role in iron metabolism. It...
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    Hephaestin (category Iron metabolism)
    HEPH, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the HEPH gene. Hephaestin is involved in the metabolism and homeostasis of iron and possibly copper. It is...
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  • more recent descriptions of human iron metabolism and hepcidin function reflect this view. In addition to effects of iron sequestration, inflammatory...
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  • Aceruloplasminemia (category Iron metabolism)
    simultaneously to prevent tissue damage to the liver and pancreas. Human iron metabolism Iron overload disorder "Aceruloplasminemia | Genetic and Rare Diseases...
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    Transferrin receptor 1 (category Iron metabolism)
    Differentiation 71 (CD71), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TFRC gene. TfR1 is required for iron import from transferrin into cells by endocytosis...
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    over 50 percent in women identified the presence of an abnormality in iron metabolism (hereditary hemochromatosis, heterozygotes and homozygotes) with approximately...
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    hemoglobin, cytochrome (see high-valent iron), and catalase. The average adult human contains about 0.005% body weight of iron, or about four grams, of which three...
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    Hepcidin (category Iron metabolism)
    Hepcidin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HAMP gene. Hepcidin is a key regulator of the entry of iron into the circulation in mammals. During...
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    Ferritin (category Iron metabolism)
    intracellular iron-storage protein in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, keeping iron in a soluble and non-toxic form. In humans, it acts as a buffer against iron deficiency...
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  • Iron-binding proteins are carrier proteins and metalloproteins that are important in iron metabolism and the immune response. Iron is required for life...
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  • Microbial metabolism is the means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and reproduce. Microbes use many different...
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    of calcium metabolism DNA repair-deficiency disorders Glucose metabolism disorders Hyperlactatemia Iron metabolism disorders Lipid metabolism disorders...
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    Humans (Homo sapiens) or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo. They are...
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  • calcium and is involved in calcium metabolism, and bone marrow can store iron in ferritin and is involved in iron metabolism. However, bones are not entirely...
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    Transferrin (category Iron metabolism)
    the transport of iron (Fe) through blood plasma. They are produced in the liver and contain binding sites for two Fe3+ ions. Human transferrin is encoded...
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  • Bazydlo LA, Harris NS (Spring 2014). "The molecular biology of human iron metabolism". Laboratory Medicine. 45 (2): 92–102. doi:10.1309/lmf28s2gimxnwhmm...
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    Cytochrome P450 (category Metabolism)
    investigated in non-human animals are those either involved in development (e.g., retinoic acid or hormone metabolism) or involved in the metabolism of toxic compounds...
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    Lucky iron fish are fish-shaped cast iron ingots used to provide dietary supplementation of iron to individuals affected by iron-deficiency anaemia. The...
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