title: Two nonsense mutations in the TMPRSS6 gene in a patient with microcytic anemia and iron deficiency.
abstract: Genetic causes of hypochromic microcytic anemia include thalassemias and some rare inherited diseases such as DMT1 deficiency. Here, we show that iron deficiency anemia with poor intestinal absorption and defective iron utilization of IV iron is caused by inherited mutations in TMPRSS6, a liver-expressed gene that encodes a membrane-bound serine protease of previously unknown role that was recently reported to be a regulator of hepcidin expression.
authors.affiliation: Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Laboratoire de Génétique et Biochimie Hormonale, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guillem
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kannengiesser
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westerman
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beaumont
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grandchamp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D004247:DNA; D007501:Iron; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C504318:TMPRSS6 protein, human