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Huh-7: a human "hemochromatotic" cell line.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Feb 2010
Vecchi Chiara, Montosi Giuliana, Pietrangelo Antonello
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HC) is commonly associated with homozygosity for the cysteine-to-tyrosine substitution at position 282 (C282Y) of the HFE protein. This mutation prevents HFE from binding beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)M) and reaching the cell surface. We have discovered that a widely used hepatoma cell line, Huh-7, carries a HFE mutation similar to that associated with human HC. By HFE gene...
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