Published
02/23/2009
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Title:
Duodenal Enterocyte (2 of 2)
Resource Type:
Desktop Application
Primary Author: McGill Molson Medical Informatics Project
Institution:
McGill University Faculty of Medicine
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| Description:
Duodenal enterocytes absorb ferrous iron using the divalent metal transport 1 (DMT1). Dietary heme is absorbed via specific heme receptor, and then is metabolized in the cytosol to release iron. Ferrous iron is transported to the plasma from the basolateral membrane side by hephaestin and ferroportin 1. In the plasma, ferric iron binds to apo transferin (ApoTf) to form transferin (Tf-Fe). (to be used in conjunction with resource #4446)
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Publication Associated with the Following Collections:
MMMI
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