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Biology of ferritin in mammals: an update on iron storage, oxidative damage and neurodegeneration.
Archives of toxicology - 1 Oct 2014
Finazzi Dario, Arosio Paolo
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Iron is an abundant transition metal that is essential for life, being associated with many enzyme and oxygen carrier proteins involved in a variety of fundamental cellular processes. At the same time, the metal is potentially toxic due to its capacity to engage in the catalytic production of noxious reactive oxygen species. The control of iron availability in the cells is largely dependent on ferritins,...
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