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Regulation of iron absorption in Hfe mutant mice.
Blood - 15 Aug 2002
Ajioka Richard S, Levy Joanne E, Andrews Nancy C, Kushner James P
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis is most commonly caused by homozygosity for a point mutation (C282Y) in the human hemochromatosis gene (HFE). The mechanism by which HFE regulates iron absorption is not known, but the C282Y mutation results in loss of cell surface expression of the human hemachromatosi...
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