A Program for Iron Economy during Deficiency Targets Specific Fe Proteins

Muscle specific iron deficiency has systemic consequences

Iron is an essential element for most prokaryotes and all eukaryotes. the skeletal muscle specific actin promoter driving the Cre recombinase Iron is required for heme synthesis, iron–sulfur cluster synthesis and as a co-factor for awide variety of enzymes.Most of the iron in vertebrates is found in hemoglobin in red blood cells and iron deficiency anemia is a significant medical problem. Iron,...

Anemia and iron deficiency--new therapeutic targets in heart failure?

Anemia ranges in prevalence from below 10% among patients with mild heart failure symptoms to over 40% for patients with advanced disease.1 Its prevalence is similar among patients who have systolic dysfunction and among patients who have heart failure with preserved systolic function.2,3 Anemia has been associated with older age, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal dysfunction, more advanced hear...

Age-specific cutoff in discriminating Iron deficiency anemia from beta-thalassemia traits

Iron deficiency during pregnancy: blessing or curse?

Iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient deficiency and the most common cause of anemia among pregnant women worldwide [1]. Pregnancy may require as much as 1000 mg of elemental iron to meet the demands for maternal red blood cell expansion and fetal erythropoiesis and to account for blood lost at delivery [2]. As part of its standards for maternal and neonatal care, the World Health Or...

Iron Deficiency during Pubertal Growth Spurt

1 Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados – MS. 2 Disciplina de Pediatria. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados – MS. 3 Disciplina de Saúde Coletiva da Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André/SP. 4 Professor Titular. Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul. 5 Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva da U...