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Fine-mapping and genetic analysis of the loci affecting hepatic iron overload in mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Guo Xin, Zhang Zhuzhen, Zhang Fan, Tao Yunlong, An Peng, Wu Qian, Wang Chia-Yu, Knutson Mitchell D, Wang Fudi
Abstract excerpt
The liver, as the major organ for iron storage and production of hepcidin, plays pivotal roles in maintaining mammalian iron homeostasis. A previous study showed that Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) on chromosome 7 (Chr7) and 16 (Chr16) may control hepatic non-heme iron overload in an F2 intercross derived from C57BL/6J (B6) and SWR/J (SWR) mice. In this study, we aimed to validate the existence of these loci and...
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