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ReviewMetallomics : integrated biometal science2017

Intracellular iron and heme trafficking and metabolism in developing erythroblasts.

Martin D Kafina, Barry H Paw

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Review in Metallomics : integrated biometal science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Novel insights of ferroptosis in atherosclerosis progression.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  6. Cellular Iron Homeostasis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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  10. Molecular Mechanisms of Iron and Heme Metabolism.Annual review of nutrition · 2022
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  18. Functional Assembly ofBiomolecules · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin D KafinaDepartment of Medicine, Hematology Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Barry H Paw
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA-1 IN TERMINAL ERYTHROID DEVELOPMENTP01HL032262 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI ORKIN, STUART H · 1985 to 2021
$38.9M
Frascati: mitochondrial transporter and erythropoiesisR01DK070838 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI PAW, BARRY H · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL032262NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK070838
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vertebrate red blood cells (RBCs) arise from erythroblasts in the human bone marrow through a process known as erythropoiesis. Iron uptake is a crucial hallmark, essential for heme biosynthesis in the differentiating erythroblasts, which are dedicated to producing hemoglobin. Erythropoiesis is facilitated by a network of intracellular transport proteins, chaperones, and circulating hormones. Intracellular iron is targeted to the mitochondria for incorporation into a porphyrin ring to form heme and cytosolic iron-sulfur proteins, including Iron Regulatory Protein 1 (IRP1). These processes are tightly regulated to prevent both excess and insufficient levels of iron and heme precursors. Crosstalk between the heme and iron-sulfur synthesizing pathways has been demonstrated to serve as a regulatory feedback mechanism. The activity of δ-aminolevulinic acid synthase (ALAS), the first and rate-limiting enzyme of heme biosynthesis, is a fundamental node of this regulation. Recently, the mitochondrial unfoldase, ClpX, has received attention as a novel key player that modulates this step in heme biogenesis, implicating a role in the pathophysiology of anemic diseases. This chapter reviews the canonical pathways in intracellular iron and heme trafficking and recent findings of iron and heme metabolism in vertebrate red cells. A discussion of the molecular approaches to studying iron and heme transport is provided to highlight opportunities for revealing therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

5-Aminolevulinate SynthetaseAnimalsBiological TransportBiosynthetic PathwaysErythroblastsFeedback, PhysiologicalHemeHumansIntracellular SpaceIron5-Aminolevulinate SynthetaseHemeIron

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PMID28795723
PMCPMC5607108
OpenAlexW2739619620

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