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Genetic variant coding for iron regulatory protein HFE contributes to hypertension, the TAMRISK study.
Medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Määttä Kirsi M, Nikkari Seppo T, Kunnas Tarja A
Abstract excerpt
Iron is essential for body homeostasis, but iron overload may lead to metabolic abnormalities and thus increase the risk for atherosclerosis and many other diseases. Major histocompatibility complex class I-like transmembrane protein (HFE) is involved in body iron metabolism. The gene coding for...
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