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NCOA4 is regulated by HIF and mediates mobilization of murine hepatic iron stores after blood loss
Li X, Lozovatsky L, Sukumaran A, Gonzalez L, Jain A, Liu D, Ayala-Lopez N, Finberg KE. NCOA4 is regulated by HIF and mediates mobilization of murine hepatic iron stores after blood loss. Blood 2020, 136: 2691-2702. PMID: 32659785, PMCID: PMC7735158, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020006321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatic iron storesHypoxia-inducible factorNonheme iron concentrationsIron storesBlood lossNCOA4 expressionSubunit levelsHIF-2α knockdownMurine hepatoma cell lineMessenger RNA inductionDietary ironHepatic responseHepatoma cell lineHIF-1αHepatic originIron deficiencyInducible factorMiceCell linesNCOA4PhlebotomyModest effectRNA inductionIron concentrationProlyl hydroxylases
2010
Down-regulation of Bmp/Smad signaling by Tmprss6 is required for maintenance of systemic iron homeostasis
Finberg KE, Whittlesey RL, Fleming MD, Andrews NC. Down-regulation of Bmp/Smad signaling by Tmprss6 is required for maintenance of systemic iron homeostasis. Blood 2010, 115: 3817-3826. PMID: 20200349, PMCID: PMC2865872, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-05-224808.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnemia, Iron-DeficiencyAnimalsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesBlotting, WesternBone Morphogenetic ProteinsDown-RegulationFemaleGPI-Linked ProteinsHemochromatosis ProteinHepatocytesHepcidinsHomeostasisInhibitor of Differentiation Protein 1IronLiverMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSerine EndopeptidasesSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsConceptsIron deficiency anemiaSystemic iron homeostasisHepcidin expressionSmad signalingIntravenous iron therapyOral iron treatmentSystemic iron overloadIron regulatory hormone hepcidinBMP/Smad signalingBmp6 mRNA levelsSmad Signaling PathwayIron homeostasisIron therapyIron storesDeficiency anemiaIron overloadHepatic levelsType II transmembrane serine proteaseIRIDA patientsTransmembrane serine proteaseFamilial disorderHormone hepcidinIron treatmentHepcidin transcriptionMice