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Hereditary hemochromatosis promotes colitis and colon cancer and causes bacterial dysbiosis in mice
21 Sept 2020
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), an iron-overload disease, is a prevalent genetic disorder. As excess iron causes a multitude of metabolic disturbances, we postulated that iron overload in HH disrupts colonic homeostasis and colon-microbiome interaction and exacerbates the development and progression of colonic inflammation and colon cancer. To test this hypothesis, we examined the progression and severity of...
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