Monday, February 28, 2011

Mitochondrial Mayhem: The Mitochondrion as a Modulator of Iron Metabolism and its Role in Disease

Antioxidants & Redox Signaling. Online Ahead of Editing: February 27, 2011. doi:10.1089/ars.2011.3921.

Michael Li-Hsuan Huang, Darius John Rowland Lane, Des R. Richardson.
University of Sydney, Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Keywords: mitochondrion, iron metabolism, mitochondrial ferritin, mitoferrins 1 and 2, ABCBs 6,7 and 10, frataxin, iron storage, iron uptake, heme and iron–sulfur cluster synthesis, regulation of whole cell iron metabolism.