Hrg1 promotes heme-iron recycling during hemolysis in the zebrafish kidney.

Heme-iron recycling from senescent red blood cells (erythrophagocytosis) accounts for the majority of total body iron in humans. Studies in cultured cells have ascribed a role for HRG1/SLC48A1 in heme-iron transport but the in vivo function of this heme transporter is unclear. Here we present geneti...

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Main Authors: Jianbing Zhang, Ian Chambers, Sijung Yun, John Phillips, Michael Krause, Iqbal Hamza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6171960?pdf=render