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Biochemical aspects of iron metabolism, transport and regulation
1Institut für Medizinische Chemie, Universität Wien.
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Iron metabolism in man is controlled by homeostatic mechanisms mainly based on intracellular regulation of iron uptake, utilisation and storage. Despite impressive accumulation of knowledge in recent years, the question how iron actually passes cellular membranes and how this transport process is regulated remains largely unanswered. Various models and hypotheses are discussed in context with other well established features of iron homeostasis.