Review Article
Crosstalk between Iron Metabolism and Erythropoiesis
Table 1
Characteristics of Hereditary Hemochromatosis.
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Mutation results in 2 similar forms of disease: either a hemochromatosis-like illness with increased iron in hepatocytes due to hepcidin resistance (gain-of-function mutation) or reduced macrophage iron export with normal transferrin saturation called “classic ferroportin disease” (loss-of-function mutation). |