Search Results - "Andrews, Nancy C"
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Iron and Copper in Mitochondrial Diseases
Published in Cell metabolism (05-03-2013)“…Transition metals are frequently used as cofactors for enzymes and oxygen-carrying proteins that take advantage of their propensity to gain and lose single…”
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Lethal Cardiomyopathy in Mice Lacking Transferrin Receptor in the Heart
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (20-10-2015)“…Both iron overload and iron deficiency have been associated with cardiomyopathy and heart failure, but cardiac iron utilization is incompletely understood. We…”
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Interleukin-6 induces hepcidin expression through STAT3
Published in Blood (01-11-2006)“…Iron homeostasis is maintained through meticulous regulation of circulating hepcidin levels. Hepcidin levels that are inappropriately low or high result in…”
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Iron homeostasis
Published in Annual review of physiology (01-01-2007)“…Iron is needed by all mammalian cells but is toxic in excess. Specialized transport mechanisms conduct iron across cellular membranes. These are regulated to…”
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Hereditary Hemochromatosis Protein, HFE, Interaction with Transferrin Receptor 2 Suggests a Molecular Mechanism for Mammalian Iron Sensing
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (29-09-2006)“…HFE and transferrin receptor 2 (TFR2) are membrane proteins integral to mammalian iron homeostasis and associated with human hereditary hemochromatosis. Here…”
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Noncanonical role of transferrin receptor 1 is essential for intestinal homeostasis
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-09-2015)“…Transferrin receptor 1 (Tfr1) facilitates cellular iron uptake through receptor-mediated endocytosis of iron-loaded transferrin. It is expressed in the…”
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Disrupted iron homeostasis causes dopaminergic neurodegeneration in mice
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-03-2016)“…Disrupted brain iron homeostasis is a common feature of neurodegenerative disease. To begin to understand how neuronal iron handling might be involved, we…”
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A missense mutation in TFRC, encoding transferrin receptor 1, causes combined immunodeficiency
Published in Nature genetics (01-01-2016)“…Raif Geha, Louis Kunkel, Waleed Al-Herz and colleagues report a mutation in TFRC (encoding transferrin receptor 1, TfR1) that causes combined immunodeficiency…”
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channel kinase, TRPM7, is required for early embryonic development
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (31-01-2012)“…Global disruption of transient receptor potential-melastatin-like 7 (Trpm7) in mice results in embryonic lethality before embryonic day 7. Using…”
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Mutations in TMPRSS6 cause iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA)
Published in Nature genetics (01-05-2008)“…Iron deficiency is usually attributed to chronic blood loss or inadequate dietary intake. Here, we show that iron deficiency anemia refractory to oral iron…”
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Modulation of bone morphogenetic protein signaling in vivo regulates systemic iron balance
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-07-2007)“…Systemic iron balance is regulated by hepcidin, a peptide hormone secreted by the liver. By decreasing cell surface expression of the iron exporter…”
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The Transferrin Receptor Modulates Hfe-Dependent Regulation of Hepcidin Expression
Published in Cell metabolism (01-03-2008)“…Hemochromatosis is caused by mutations in HFE, a protein that competes with transferrin (TF) for binding to transferrin receptor 1 (TFR1). We developed mutant…”
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The iron exporter ferroportin/Slc40a1 is essential for iron homeostasis
Published in Cell metabolism (01-03-2005)“…Ferroportin (SLC40A1) is an iron transporter postulated to play roles in intestinal iron absorption and cellular iron release. Hepcidin, a regulatory peptide,…”
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Slc11a2 is required for intestinal iron absorption and erythropoiesis but dispensable in placenta and liver
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-05-2005)“…Solute carrier family 11, member 2 (SLC11A2) is the only transmembrane iron transporter known to be involved in cellular iron uptake. It is widely expressed…”
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Transferrin receptor 1 is a cellular receptor for New World haemorrhagic fever arenaviruses
Published in Nature (01-03-2007)“…At least five arenaviruses cause viral haemorrhagic fevers in humans. Lassa virus, an Old World arenavirus, uses the cellular receptor -dystroglycan to infect…”
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Scara5 Is a Ferritin Receptor Mediating Non-Transferrin Iron Delivery
Published in Developmental cell (01-01-2009)“…Developing organs require iron for a myriad of functions, but embryos deleted of the major adult transport proteins, transferrin or its receptor transferrin…”
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Iron homeostasis: insights from genetics and animal models
Published in Nature reviews. Genetics (01-12-2000)“…Disorders that perturb iron balance are among the most prevalent human diseases, but until recently iron transport remained poorly understood. Over the past…”
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Divalent Metal Transporter 1 Regulates Iron-Mediated ROS and Pancreatic β Cell Fate in Response to Cytokines
Published in Cell metabolism (03-10-2012)“…Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to target-cell damage in inflammatory and iron-overload diseases. Little is known about iron transport regulation…”
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Proinflammatory state, hepcidin, and anemia in older persons
Published in Blood (06-05-2010)“…In patients with overt inflammatory diseases, up-regulated hepcidin impairs iron absorption and macrophage release, causing anemia. Whether the mild…”
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Hepcidin antimicrobial peptide transgenic mice exhibit features of the anemia of inflammation
Published in Blood (01-05-2007)“…The anemia of inflammation is an acquired disorder affecting patients with a variety of medical conditions, and it is characterized by changes in iron…”
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