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| EZQUER,FERNANDO; NÚÑEZ,MARCO T; ROJAS,ALEJANDRO; ASENJO,JUAN; ISRAEL,YEDY. |
| Levels of body iron should be tightly controlled to prevent the formation of oxygen radicals, lipoperoxidation, genotoxicity, and the production of cytotoxic cytokines, which result in damage to a number of organs. Enterocytes in the intestinal villae are involved in the apical uptake of iron from the intestinal lumen; iron is further exported from the cells into the circulation. The apical divalent metal transporter-1 (DMT1) transports ferrous iron from the lumen into the cells, while the basolateral transporter ferroportin extrudes iron from the enterocytes into the circulation. Patients with hereditary hemochromatosis display an accelerated transepithelial uptake of iron, which leads to body iron accumulation that results in cirrhosis, hepatocellular... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Iron; Intestine; Hemochromatosis; Gene therapy; HFE; DMT1; Cirrhosis. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602006000100014 |
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| Santos,P.C.J.L.; Cançado,R.D.; Terada,C.T.; Rostelato,S.; Gonzales,I.; Hirata,R.D.C.; Hirata,M.H.; Chiattone,C.S.; Guerra-Shinohara,E.M.. |
| Mutations of the HFE and TFR2 genes have been associated with iron overload. HFE and TFR2 mutations were assessed in blood donors, and the relationship with iron status was evaluated. Subjects (N = 542) were recruited at the Hemocentro da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Iron status was not influenced by HFE mutations in women and was independent of blood donation frequency. In contrast, men carrying the HFE 282CY genotype had lower total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) than HFE 282CC genotype carriers. Men who donated blood for the first time and were carriers of the HFE 282CY genotype had higher transferrin saturation values and lower TIBC concentrations than those with the homozygous wild genotype for the HFE C282Y mutation. Moreover, in this... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HFE; TFR2; Gene mutations; Blood donors; Iron status. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000100015 |
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| Oliveira,T.M.; Souza,F.P.; Jardim,A.C.G.; Cordeiro,J.A.; Pinho,J.R.R.; Sitnik,R.; Estevão,I.F.; Bonini-Domingos,C.R.; Rahal,P.. |
| Hereditary hemochromatosis is a disorder of iron metabolism characterized by increased iron intake and progressive storage and is related to mutations in the HFE gene. Interactions between thalassemia and hemochromatosis may further increase iron overload. The ethnic background of the Brazilian population is heterogeneous and studies analyzing the simultaneous presence of HFE and thalassemia-related mutations have not been carried out. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of the H63D, S65C and C282Y mutations in the HFE gene among 102 individuals with alpha-thalassemia and 168 beta-thalassemia heterozygotes and to compare them with 173 control individuals without hemoglobinopathies. The allelic frequencies found in these three groups were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HFE; H63D; S65C; C282Y; Thalassemia. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006001200008 |
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| ENNS,CAROLINE A. |
| Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is the most common inherited disorder in people of Northern European descent. Over 83% of the cases of HH result from a single mutation of a Cys to Tyr in the HH protein, HFE. This mutation causes a recessive disease resulting in an accumulation of iron in selected tissues. Iron overload damages these organs leading to cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, cardiomyopathy, and arthritis. The mechanism by which HFE influences iron homeostasis in cells and in the body remains elusive. Lack of functional HFE in humans produces the opposite effects in different cell types in the body. In the early stages of the disease, Kupffer cells in the liver and enterocytes in the intestine cells are iron depleted and have low intracellular... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Hereditary hemochromatosis; HFE; Iron overload; Iron homeostasis. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602006000100013 |
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