LTHOUGH iron-deficiency anemia is one of the most common disorders seen in clinical medicine, the symptoms that occur in this deficiency state have never been explained satisfactorily. Studies by Guhier et al.1 and studies (lone in our laboratory24 have demonstrated that the long-held and often-repeated concept that iron enzymes are not affected in iron deficiency is incorrect. The cytochrorne ...

BACKGROUND The occurrence of Parkinson's disease (PD) is known to be associated both with increased nigrostriatal iron content and with low serum cholesterol and PD, but there has been no study to determine a potential relationship between these two factors. METHODS High-resolution MRI (T1-, T2, and multiple echo T2*-weighted imaging) and fasting lipid levels were obtained from 40 patients wi...

Converging evidence leaves little doubt that a change in the conformation of prion protein (PrP(C)) from a mainly alpha-helical to a beta-sheet rich PrP-scrapie (PrP(Sc)) form is the main event responsible for prion disease associated neurotoxicity. However, neither the mechanism of toxicity by PrP(Sc), nor the normal function of PrP(C) is entirely clear. Recent reports suggest that imbalance o...

Iron availability is critical to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The current authors determined sputum iron, ferritin, microalbumin levels and total cell counts (TCC) in 19 adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) during an acute exacerbation and repeated analyses following a median of 12 days antibiotic treatment. The current authors also determined sputum interleukin (IL)-1beta and tumour necrosis fa...

Environmental heat stress is associated with an age-related increase in hepatic oxidative damage and an exaggerated state of oxidative stress. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the regulation of hepatic iron after heat stress. A secondary aim was to determine a potential role for iron in heat stress-induced liver injury. Hyperthermia-induced alterations in hepatic iron were eval...

INTRODUCTION Hemojuvelin (Hjv) is a key component of the signaling cascade that regulates liver hepcidin (Hamp) expression. The purpose of this study was to determine Hjv protein levels in mice and rats subjected to iron overload and iron deficiency. METHODS C57BL/6 mice were injected with iron (200 mg/kg); iron deficiency was induced by feeding of an iron-deficient diet, or by repeated phleb...