2014
Duodenal Absorption and Tissue Utilization of Dietary Heme and Nonheme Iron Differ in Rats
Cao C, Thomas CE, Insogna KL, O'Brien KO. Duodenal Absorption and Tissue Utilization of Dietary Heme and Nonheme Iron Differ in Rats. Journal Of Nutrition 2014, 144: 1710-1717. PMID: 25332470, PMCID: PMC4195416, DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.197939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonheme iron absorptionDivalent metal transporter 1Tissue utilizationLiver hepcidinDietary hemeMale Sprague-Dawley ratsDuodenal iron transportersHeme iron absorptionSprague-Dawley ratsHepatic hepcidin expressionIron storage tissuesIron loadingElevated hepcidinIron intakeMetal transporter 1Duodenal absorptionIron dextranNonheme ironIron overloadRat modelHepcidin expressionHepatic hepcidinStable iron isotopesDuodenal expressionHepcidin
2013
Increasing dietary protein acutely augments intestinal iron transporter expression and significantly increases iron absorption in rats
Thomas CE, Gaffney‐Stomberg E, Sun B, O'Brien KO, Kerstetter JE, Insogna KL. Increasing dietary protein acutely augments intestinal iron transporter expression and significantly increases iron absorption in rats. The FASEB Journal 2013, 27: 2476-2483. PMID: 23447582, DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-221945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntestinal Fe absorptionDietary proteinFe absorptionIron transporter expressionTranscript expressionDuodenal mucosaAcute effectsSprague-DawleyStable iron isotopesIron absorptionShort-term effectsIsocaloric dietsIron deficiencyTransporter expressionLittle dataTransferrin receptorExpression of genesSeparate studiesGroupCurrent studyBalance studiesExpressionWhole genome profilingDawleyMucosa