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Reduced sensitivity of the ferroportin Q248H mutant to physiological concentrations of hepcidin.
Haematologica - 1 Mar 2013
Nekhai Sergei, Xu Min, Foster Altreisha, Kasvosve Ishmael, Diaz Sharmin, Machado Roberto F, Castro Oswaldo L, Kato Gregory J, Taylor James G, Gordeuk Victor R
Abstract excerpt
Ferroportin Q248H mutation has an allele frequency of 2.2-13.4% in African populations and is associated with a mild tendency to increased serum ferritin in the general population. Some investigators have reported that ferroportin Q248H is degraded after exposure to hepcidin in exactly the same manner as wild-type ferroportin, but supraphysiological concentrations of hepcidin were used. The aim of our study was...
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