title: Lessons learned from genetic and nutritional iron deficiencies.
abstract: A recent study of mice with sex-linked anemia compared differences between genetic and nutritional iron deficiencies. Comparison of these models helps to illuminate how the body regulates dietary iron absorption at the molecular level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.lastname: Wessling-Resnick
mesh_terms: D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D019266:Iron, Dietary / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009154:Mutation; D009752:Nutritional Status; D000099236:Solute Carrier Family 11, Member 2
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D019266:Iron, Dietary; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins; D000099236:Solute Carrier Family 11, Member 2