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Mutations in TMPRSS6 cause iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA)
Finberg KE, Heeney MM, Campagna DR, Aydınok Y, Pearson HA, Hartman KR, Mayo MM, Samuel SM, Strouse JJ, Markianos K, Andrews NC, Fleming MD. Mutations in TMPRSS6 cause iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA). Nature Genetics 2008, 40: 569-571. PMID: 18408718, PMCID: PMC3104019, DOI: 10.1038/ng.130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIron-refractory iron deficiency anemiaIron deficiency anemia refractoryChronic blood lossOral iron therapyInadequate dietary intakeIron deficiency anemiaIron regulatory hormone hepcidinSystemic iron homeostasisAnemia refractoryIron therapyBlood lossDeficiency anemiaDietary intakeType II transmembrane serine proteaseTransmembrane serine proteaseHormone hepcidinIron deficiencyGermline mutationsTMPRSS6Iron homeostasisSerine proteasesAnemiaTherapyHepcidinMutations
2021
12 Iron Metabolism and Related Disorders
Ginzburg Y, Finberg K. 12 Iron Metabolism and Related Disorders. 2021, 445-499. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-812535-9.00012-1.ChaptersGene productsNumerous fundamental biological processesFundamental biological processesIron metabolismGenetic defectsSystemic iron balanceSystemic iron regulationMolecular geneticsBiological processesIron regulationIron-refractory iron deficiency anemiaIron homeostasisIron availabilityFriedreich's ataxiaIron movementMajor genetic disordersErythroid precursorsGenetic disordersIron regulatory hormone hepcidinSideroblastic anemiaMetabolismGenetic formsMutationsKey roleHormone hepcidin