Article
Inherited disorders of iron metabolism.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Feb 2011
Camaschella Clara, Poggiali Erika
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To discuss inherited iron disorders, their pathophysiology and clinical implications in the light of the recent advances in our knowledge of iron metabolism and its regulation. RECENT FINDINGS: In previous years the molecular mechanisms of cellular iron uptake and release and the cellular and systemic iron homeostasis have been substantially clarified. New proteins (hepcidin, hemojuvelin, HFE,...
Topics
- Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
- Child
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hepcidins
- Humans
- Iron Metabolism Disorders
- Membrane Proteins
- Serine Endopeptidases
