Forging a field: the golden age of iron biology

NC Andrews - Blood, The Journal of the American Society of …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
Oh what a difference a decade makes! In a landmark paper published in 1996, Feder and
colleagues identified the long-sought gene mutated in patients with classical hereditary …

Molecular mechanisms of hepcidin regulation: implications for the anemia of CKD

JL Babitt, HY Lin - American journal of kidney diseases, 2010 - Elsevier
Anemia is prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is associated with
lower quality of life and higher risk of adverse outcomes, including cardiovascular disease …

The serine protease TMPRSS6 is required to sense iron deficiency

X Du, E She, T Gelbart, J Truksa, P Lee, Y Xia… - Science, 2008 - science.org
Hepcidin, a liver-derived protein that restricts enteric iron absorption, is the key regulator of
body iron content. Several proteins induce expression of the hepcidin-encoding gene Hamp …

Targeting the hepcidin–ferroportin axis to develop new treatment strategies for anemia of chronic disease and anemia of inflammation

CC Sun, V Vaja, JL Babitt, HY Lin - American journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) or anemia of inflammation is prevalent in patients with
chronic infection, autoimmune disease, cancer, and chronic kidney disease. ACD is …

Iron absorption and metabolism

GJ Anderson, DM Frazer… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Disturbances in the hepcidin regulatory pathway underlie a range of iron metabolism
disorders, from iron deficiency to iron loading, and there is considerable promise that the …

Extramedullary hematopoiesis: a new look at the underlying stem cell niche, theories of development, and occurrence in animals

JL Johns, MM Christopher - Veterinary pathology, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is the formation and development of blood cells
outside the medullary spaces of the bone marrow. Although widely considered an …

Hemojuvelin regulates hepcidin expression via a selective subset of BMP ligands and receptors independently of neogenin

Y Xia, JL Babitt, Y Sidis, RT Chung… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
Hemojuvelin (HJV) is a coreceptor for bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling that
regulates hepcidin expression and iron metabolism. However, the precise combinations of …

Iron regulation and erythropoiesis

E Nemeth - Current opinion in hematology, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Iron regulation and erythropoiesis : Current Opinion in Hematology Iron regulation and
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Molecular mechanisms of normal iron homeostasis

AS Zhang, CA Enns - ASH Education Program Book, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Humans possess elegant control mechanisms to maintain iron homeostasis by coordinately
regulating iron absorption, iron recycling, and mobilization of stored iron. Dietary iron …

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-responsive elements located in the proximal and distal hepcidin promoter are critical for its response to HJV/BMP/SMAD

G Casanovas, K Mleczko-Sanecka, S Altamura… - Journal of molecular …, 2009 - Springer
The hemochromatosis proteins HFE, transferrin receptor 2 (TfR2) and hemojuvelin (HJV,
HFE2) positively control expression of the major iron regulatory hormone hepcidin. HJV is a …