Evidence map›Paper›PMID 16315135›Full record

ReviewSeminars in liver disease2005

Pathophysiology of hereditary hemochromatosis.

Robert E Fleming, Robert S Britton, Abdul Waheed, William S Sly, Bruce R Bacon

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In one paragraph

Review in Seminars in liver disease, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Comparing the types of haemochromatosis- from genetics to clinics.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert E FlemingDepartment of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University Liver Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA. flemingr@slu.edu
Robert S Britton
Abdul Waheed
William S Sly
Bruce R Bacon
Saint Louis University · US

Funding

Signaling Pathways in Hepatic FibrogenesisR01DK041816 · NIDDK · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI BACON, BRUCE R · 1992 to 2005
$1.5M
IRON TRANSPORT IN A MURINE MODEL OF HEMOCHROMATOSISR01HL066225 · NHLBI · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI FLEMING, ROBERT E · 2000 to 2004
$1.1M
GENE DEFECTIVE IN HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSISR01DK053405 · NIDDK · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI SLY, WILLIAM S · 1998 to 2002
$785k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL66225NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL066225NIDDK NIH HHS DK41816NIDDK NIH HHS DK53405NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK041816NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK053405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) encompasses several inherited disorders of iron homeostasis characterized by increased gastrointestinal iron absorption and tissue iron deposition. The most common form of this disorder is HFE-related HH, nearly always caused by homozygosity for the C282Y mutation. A substantial proportion of C282Y homozygotes do not develop clinically significant iron overload, suggesting roles for environmental factors and modifier genes in determining the phenotype. Recent studies have demonstrated that the pathogenesis of nearly all forms of HH involves inappropriately decreased expression of the iron-regulatory hormone hepcidin. Hepcidin serves to decrease the export of iron from reticuloendothelial cells and absorptive enterocytes. Thus, HH patients demonstrate increased iron release from these cell types, elevated circulating iron, and iron deposition in vulnerable tissues. The mechanism by which HFE influences hepcidin expression is an area of current investigation and may offer insights into the phenotypic variability observed in persons with mutations in HFE.

Indexed as

AbsorptionAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesGene ExpressionHemochromatosisHemochromatosis ProteinHepcidinsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansIntestinal MucosaIronMembrane ProteinsMutationAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesHAMP protein, humanHemochromatosis ProteinHepcidinsHFE protein, humanHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIronMembrane Proteins

Identifiers

PMID16315135
PMCPMC2587012
OpenAlexW2050387312

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