Progress in iron research
By: edited by Chaim Hershko, Abraham M. Konijn, and Philip Aisen.
Contributors: Hershko, Chaim.; Konain, Avraham.; Aisen, Philip.; International Conference on Hemochromatosis (4th : 1993 : Jerusalem); International Conference on Iron and Iron Proteins (11th : 1993 : Jerusalem)
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;; v. 356
Publisher: Plenum Press; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Iron in the body -- Congresses.; Iron proteins -- Congresses.; Hemochromatosis -- Congresses.; Iron -- metabolism -- congresses.; Ferritin -- metabolism -- congresses.; Iron Chelates -- therapeutic use -- congresses.; Hemochromatosis -- congresses.; Transferrin -- physiology -- congresses.; Iron -- deficiency -- congresses.
Description: Based on presentations at two conferences held in April and May 1993, respectively (the first a clinical meeting, the second a forum designed primarily for basic scientists), this volume offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review on most aspects of iron metabolism. Chapters on the biophysical aspects of iron compounds, transferrin and transferrin receptor physiology, iron absorption and uptake, control of iron protein gene expression, ferritin metabolism, and erythroid iron regulation cover various aspects of basic iron research. Chapters on the pathophysiology of iron disorders, epidemiology and genetics of hemochromatosis and the development and applications of iron chelators focus on more clinically relevant aspects of iron research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Hemochromatosis and Clinical Problems in Iron Metabolism, in Jerusalem, Apr. 27-30, 1993, and the 11th International Conference on Iron and Iron Proteins, held in Jerusalem, May 2-7, 1993.