"Iron" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A metallic element with atomic symbol Fe, atomic number 26, and atomic weight 55.85. It is an essential constituent of HEMOGLOBINS; CYTOCHROMES; and IRON-BINDING PROTEINS. It plays a role in cellular redox reactions and in the transport of OXYGEN.
| Descriptor ID |
D007501
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556.412 D01.268.956.287 D01.552.544.412
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iron" by people in Profiles.
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Regional brain iron associated with deterioration in Alzheimer's disease: A large cohort study and theoretical significance. Alzheimers Dement. 2021 07; 17(7):1244-1256.
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Brain iron is associated with accelerated cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer pathology. Mol Psychiatry. 2020 11; 25(11):2932-2941.
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Clinical features of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation due to a C19orf12 gene mutation. Mov Disord. 2013 Sep; 28(10):1462-3.
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The safety and tolerability of ferric citrate as a phosphate binder in dialysis patients. Nephron Clin Pract. 2012; 121(1-2):c25-9.
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Snapshot of iron response in Shewanella oneidensis by gene network reconstruction. BMC Genomics. 2009 Mar 25; 10:131.
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Circadian characteristics of serum calcium, magnesium and eight trace elements and of their metallo-moieties in urine of healthy middle-aged men. Clin Ter. 2008 Sep-Oct; 159(5):329-46.
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Modification of the immobilized metal affinity electrophoresis using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Electrophoresis. 2008 Aug; 29(15):3160-3.
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Sodium ascorbate (vitamin C) induces apoptosis in melanoma cells via the down-regulation of transferrin receptor dependent iron uptake. J Cell Physiol. 2005 Jul; 204(1):192-7.
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Restless legs syndrome. Prim Care. 2005 Jun; 32(2):435-48.
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Pathobiology of hemophilic synovitis I: overexpression of mdm2 oncogene. Blood. 2004 Oct 01; 104(7):2060-4.