Thursday, January 11, 2024

Tissue Iron in Friedreich Ataxia

Arnulf H Koeppen. Tissue Iron in Friedreich Ataxia. J. Integr. Neurosci. 2024, 23(1), 4. Doi:10.31083/j.jin2301004 (registering DOI) 

 Iron dysmetabolism in DRG is complex and consists of prominent expression of ferritin in hyperplastic satellite cells and residual nodules, also a loss of the iron export protein ferroportin from the cytoplasm of the remaining DRG nerve cells.