title: Iron sensing as a partnership: HFE and transferrin receptor 2.
abstract: The mechanism by which HFE participates in the regulation of iron homeostasis has remained enigmatic. Gao et al. (2009) make the key discovery that the regulation of hepcidin in response to holotransferrin requires the interaction between HFE and transferrin receptor 2 (TfR2).
authors.affiliation: Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. flemingr@slu.edu
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D000071020:Hemochromatosis Protein; D064451:Hepcidins; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; C578702:HAMP protein, human; C103673:HFE protein, human; D000071020:Hemochromatosis Protein; D064451:Hepcidins; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; C503640:TFR2 protein, human; D007501:Iron