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Deficiency of heme-regulated eIF2alpha kinase decreases hepcidin expression and splenic iron in HFE-/- mice.
Haematologica - 1 May 2008
Liu Sijin, Suragani Rajasekhar N V S, Han Anping, Zhao Wanting, Andrews Nancy C, Chen Jane-Jane
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Heme-regulated eIF2alpha kinase (HRI) is essential for regulating globin translation in iron deficiency and in beta-thalassemia. We investigated the role of heme-regulated eIF2alpha kinase in hemoglobin and red blood cell production as well as in iron homeostasis in a mouse model of iron overload...
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