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Interplay of iron metallobiology, metalloproteinases, and FXIII, and role of their gene variants in venous leg ulcer.
The international journal of lower extremity wounds - 1 Dec 2010
Singh Ajay V, Subhashree L, Milani Paolo, Gemmati Donato, Zamboni Paolo
Abstract excerpt
The iron metallobiology has long been suspected as a causal agent in venous leg ulcer (VLU) pathophysiology. However, it was demonstrated only recently that visible iron deposits cause lesions in only some individuals due to functional iron and related gene variants. In this article, the mechanism by which dysregulated iron cycle leads to local iron overload that could generate free radicals or activate a...
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