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However, HFE is only part of the story, since many patients with mutated HFE do not manifest clinical iron overload, and some patients with iron overload have a normal HFE genotype. A possible explanation is the fact that HFE normally plays a role in the production of hepcidin in the liver, a function that is impaired in HFE mutations. [49]
The HFE gene provides instructions for producing a protein that is located on the surface of cells, primarily liver and intestinal cells. The HFE protein is also found on some immune system cells. The HFE protein interacts with other proteins on the cell surface to detect the amount of iron in the body.
Human homeostatic iron regulator protein, also known as the HFE protein (High FE2+), is a transmembrane protein that in humans is encoded by the HFE gene. The HFE gene is located on short arm of chromosome 6 at location 6p22.2 [ 5 ]
This mutation is associated with diverse health issues, however H63D syndrome is the only known specific expression of a homozygous HFE-H63D mutation to date. The homozygous HFE-H63D mutation is the cause of classic and treatable hemochromatosis in only 6.7% of its carriers. [25] H63D syndrome is independently a distinct entity, and the ...
Type 4 hemochromatosis is caused by mutations of the SLC40A1 gene, located on the long arm of chromosome 2, specifically at 2q32.2. The SLC40A1 gene encodes ferroportin, a protein responsible for exporting iron from cells in the intestine, liver, spleen, and kidney, as well as from reticuloendothelial macrophages and the placenta.
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Mutations in HJV are responsible for the vast majority of juvenile hemochromatosis patients. A small number of patients have mutations in the hepcidin gene. The gene was positionally cloned. [6] Hemojuvelin is highly expressed in skeletal muscle and heart, and to a lesser extent in the liver.
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