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To maintain the necessary levels, human iron metabolism requires a minimum of iron in the diet. Iron is also the metal at the active site of many important redox enzymes dealing with cellular respiration and oxidation and reduction in plants and animals.[6] Chemically, the most common oxidation...
Stability of the maternal gut microbiota during late pregnancy and early lactation. Curr Microbiol. 2014;68(4):419–27. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Stephenson DP, Moore RJ, Allison GE. Comparison and utilization of repetitive-element PCR techniques for typing Lactobacillus isolates from the...
Ferroportin causes an increase in iron levels, which, in turn, limit iron transport from the liver and macrophages to plasma; furthermore, it also inhibits the absorption of iron from the diet in the duodenum, which leads to iron restriction. Iron absorption in the presence of increased ...
Women of reproductive age are at increased risk for iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA), with both implicated in decreased cognitive function (CF). Obesity may complicate this association via inflammatory-mediated ferritin elevation. This cross-sectional study examined the association...
The supplementation of multiple micronutrients throughout pregnancy can reduce the risk of adverse birth outcomes and various diseases in children. However, the long-term effect of maternal multiple micronutrient levels in the second trimester on the overall development of preschoolers remains unknown. The...
ferritin levels. The link between vitamin D and iron status should be considered in strategies to manage these nutrient deficiencies in African children. Keywords: Vitamin D deficiency;iron deficiency;hepcidin;ferritin;hemoglobin;iron;transferrin saturation;anemia;children;Africa...
Figure 3. Iron metabolism-related protein expression in the liver. (A) Western blot analysis of TfR1, DMT1(+IRE), FPN1, FTH and FTL levels in the liver. (B–F) Quantification of the results of the experiment shown in chart A (n = 3). (G) Total iron contents in the liver as ...
In a separate work, Fe3O4@SiO2 functionalized with a specific ssDNA aptamer showed highly selective targeting, with a recovery of 87% toward alpha fetoprotein (AFP), a pregnancy biomarker [38]. Zeng and coworkers developed a one-step method to detect thrombin using DNA aptamer-conjugated ...
2.2.4. Adrenal- and Gonadal-Steroid Hormones Are Not Associated with Changes in Adipose Tissue Volumetries or Baseline Parameters of Iron Metabolism No significant associations between adrenal- and gonadal-steroid hormones and the percent change of iSAT, iVAT and pSAT or baseline levels of serum ...