Lessons learned from genetic and nutritional iron deficiencies.
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.
Chung
Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea.
Wessling-Resnick
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D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D019266:Iron, Dietary; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins; D000099236:Solute Carrier Family 11, Member 2