Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Polymorphisms in Iron Homeostasis Genes: New Insights from a Case-Control Study

Figure 2

Schematic representation of the hairpin of the iron regulatory element (IRE) interacting with the iron regulatory protein (IRP) in the FPN1 promoter region. It is to note the closeness of the −98GC SNP to the “beginning” of the IRE sequence.