On-demand erythrocyte disposal and iron recycling requires transient macrophages in the liver
Iron is an essential component of the erythrocyte protein hemoglobin and is crucial to oxygen transport in vertebrates. In the steady state, erythrocyte production is in equilibrium with erythrocyte removal(1). In various pathophysiological conditions, however, erythrocyte life span is severely comp...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957133/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428900 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm.4146 |