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Disruption of the potassium channel regulatory subunit KCNE2 causes iron-deficient anemia.
Experimental hematology - 1 Dec 2014
Salsbury Grace, Cambridge Emma L, McIntyre Zoe, Arends Mark J, Karp Natasha A, Isherwood Christopher, Shannon Carl, Hooks Yvette, Ramirez-Solis Ramiro, Adams David J, White Jacqueline K, Speak Anneliese O
Abstract excerpt
Iron homeostasis is a dynamic process that is tightly controlled to balance iron uptake, storage, and export. Reduction of dietary iron from the ferric to the ferrous form is required for uptake by solute carrier family 11 (proton-coupled divalent metal ion transporters), member 2 (Slc11a2) into the enterocytes. Both processes are proton dependent and have led to the suggestion of the importance of acidic gastric...
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