Dietary hemoglobin rescues young piglets from severe iron deficiency anemia: Duodenal expression profile of genes involved in heme iron absorption.

Heme is an efficient source of iron in the diet, and heme preparations are used to prevent and cure iron deficiency anemia in humans and animals. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for heme absorption remain only partially characterized. Here, we employed young iron-deficient piglets as a...

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Main Authors: Robert Staroń, Paweł Lipiński, Małgorzata Lenartowicz, Aleksandra Bednarz, Anna Gajowiak, Ewa Smuda, Wojciech Krzeptowski, Marek Pieszka, Tamara Korolonek, Iqbal Hamza, Dorine W Swinkels, Rachel P L Van Swelm, Rafał R Starzyński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5514692?pdf=render