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ReviewFree radical biology & medicine2014

Physiology and pathophysiology of iron in hemoglobin-associated diseases.

Thomas D Coates

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Review in Free radical biology & medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 178 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Chinese guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemochromatosis].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2024
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  10. Targeting macro- and micro-nutrient regulation of HNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  14. The role of mitochondria in iron overload-induced damage.Journal of translational medicine · 2024
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  19. Ferroptosis: A New Road towards Cancer Management.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas D CoatesChildren׳s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children׳s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA. Electronic address: tcoates@chla.usc.edu.
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles · US

Funding

Neuromodulatory Mechanisms and Regional Autonomic Dysregulation in the Development of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease PatientsU01HL117718 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES · PI COATES, THOMAS DUANE, KHOO, MICHAEL C K · 2013 to 2017
$9.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL117718
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron overload and iron toxicity, whether because of increased absorption or iron loading from repeated transfusions, can be major causes of morbidity and mortality in a number of chronic anemias. Significant advances have been made in our understanding of iron homeostasis over the past decade. At the same time, advances in magnetic resonance imaging have allowed clinicians to monitor and quantify iron concentrations noninvasively in specific organs. Furthermore, effective iron chelators are now available, including preparations that can be taken orally. This has resulted in substantial improvement in mortality and morbidity for patients with severe chronic iron overload. This paper reviews the key points of iron homeostasis and attempts to place clinical observations in patients with transfusional iron overload in context with the current understanding of iron homeostasis in humans.

Indexed as

HemoglobinopathiesHemoglobinsHomeostasisHumansIronIron Chelating AgentsIron OverloadHemoglobinsIronIron Chelating AgentsChelationHemochromatosisHemoglobinopathyIron overloadIron toxicityMagnetic resonance imagingROSSickle cell diseaseThalassemiaTransfusion

Identifiers

PMID24726864
PMCPMC4940047
OpenAlexW2082049631

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