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Fecal microbiota as a non-invasive biomarker to predict the tissue iron accumulation in intestine epithelial cells and liver
2019-04-18
Abstract excerpt
Iron is an essential trace mineral for the growth, systemic metabolism, and immune response. Imbalance of tissue iron absorption and storage leads to various diseases. The excessive iron accumulation is associated with inflammation and cancer while iron deficiency leads to growth retardation. Studies investigated in Kenyan infants and school children suggests that both low and high iron intake result in dysbiosis...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 333eac62-f0d8-58cd-ae96-e16348107b02
- DOI
- 10.1101/612168
