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Review
. 2008:28:197-213.
doi: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.28.061807.155521.

Systemic iron homeostasis and the iron-responsive element/iron-regulatory protein (IRE/IRP) regulatory network

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Systemic iron homeostasis and the iron-responsive element/iron-regulatory protein (IRE/IRP) regulatory network

Martina U Muckenthaler et al. Annu Rev Nutr. 2008.

Abstract

The regulation and maintenance of systemic iron homeostasis is critical to human health. Iron overload and deficiency diseases belong to the most common nutrition-related pathologies across the globe. It is now well appreciated that the hormonal hepcidin/ferroportin system plays an important regulatory role for systemic iron metabolism. We review recent data that uncover the importance of the cellular iron-responsive element/iron-regulatory protein (IRE/IRP) regulatory network in systemic iron homeostasis. We also discuss how the IRE/IRP regulatory system communicates with the hepcidin/ferroportin system to connect the control networks for systemic and cellular iron balance.

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