"Ferritins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Iron-containing proteins that are widely distributed in animals, plants, and microorganisms. Their major function is to store IRON in a nontoxic bioavailable form. Each ferritin molecule consists of ferric iron in a hollow protein shell (APOFERRITINS) made of 24 subunits of various sequences depending on the species and tissue types.
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D005293
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.427.249 D12.776.556.579.249
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ferritins" by people in Profiles.
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Biomarkers of iron metabolism are independently associated with impaired glucose metabolism and type 2 diabetes: the KORA F4 study. Eur J Endocrinol. 2015 Nov; 173(5):643-53.
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Ferritins of Schistosoma mansoni: sequence comparison and expression in female and male worms. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 1992 Feb; 50(2):245-54.
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