 Iron
"Iron" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A metallic element with atomic symbol Fe, atomic number 26, and atomic weight 55.85. It is an essential constituent of HEMOGLOBINS; CYTOCHROMES; and IRON-BINDING PROTEINS. It plays a role in cellular redox reactions and in the transport of OXYGEN.
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D007501
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556.412 D01.268.956.287 D01.552.544.412
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2002 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2004 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2007 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2008 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2012 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2013 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2014 | 15 | 4 | 19 | | 2015 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2017 | 11 | 8 | 19 | | 2018 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2019 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2021 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2022 | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2024 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2025 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Iron" by people in Profiles.
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Alves F, Fazollahi A, Kalinowski P, Anderson P, Muggli E, Kelly C, Ponsonby AL, Thompson D, Ayton S. Iron Depletion in the Substantia Nigra of Children With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure. J Neurochem. 2026 Mar; 170(3):e70390.
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Dillawn P, Nagle S, Liu E, Stahl MG. Ironing Out the Deficiency: Tracking Iron in Celiac Disease Before and After the Gluten-Free Diet. Nutrients. 2026 Feb 11; 18(4).
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Ye N, Del Rio Flores A, Zhang W, Drennan CL. A highly dynamic mononuclear non-heme iron enzyme for the two-step isonitrile biosynthesis. Nat Commun. 2026 01 26; 17(1).
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Callahan RC, Curry JC, Bhagavatula G, Staley AW, Schaefer RE, Minhajuddin F, Zhou L, Neuhart RM, Atif SM, Orlicky DJ, Cartwright IM, Gerich ME, Steiner CA, Theiss AL, Hall CH, Colgan SP, Onyiah JC. Epithelial HO-1 regulates iron availability and promotes colonic tumorigenesis in a context-dependent manner. JCI Insight. 2026 Feb 09; 11(3).
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Lucero MJ, Lisk C, Swindle D, Cendali F, Setua S, Thangaraju K, Khan A, Pak DI, O'Boyle Q, Lu S, Tolson R, Zaeske S, Khan S, Rana N, Westover N, Davizon-Castillio P, George G, Hassell K, Nuss R, Brinkman N, Gentinetta T, Niemeyer C, Cabrales P, Palmer A, D'Alessandro A, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Combined haptoglobin and hemopexin therapy for the treatment of cardiopulmonary dysfunction in sickle cell disease. Biomed Pharmacother. 2025 Nov; 192:118595.
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Bradbury KE, Gideon EA, Baranauskas MN, Betts AW, Davis KA, DiMarco KG, Hubbard CD, Kelly T, Miller MT, Pendleton MB, Quilter WE, Rhodine JA, Stephens MR, Lore DJ, Duke JW, Roach RC, Subudhi AW. Impact of intravenous iron or exogenous erythropoietin on hemoglobin mass, exercise performance, and acute mountain sickness during altitude acclimatization. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Oct 01; 139(4):954-963.
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Lu S, Khan MA, Setua S, O'Boyle Q, Thangaraju K, Cabrales P, Swindle DC, Irwin DC, Buehler PW, Palmer AF. Transferrin Purification, Biophysical Characterization, and Lung Biodistribution in Sickle Cell Disease Mice. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2025 Oct; 122(10):2709-2723.
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Goh YE, Duggal M, Das R, Manger MS, Jamwal M, Singh BL, Brar GK, Long JM, Westcott J, Thompson L, Arnold CD, Krebs NF, Brown KH, McDonald CM. Effects of quintuply-fortified salt on the micronutrient status of females of reproductive age in Punjab, India: a randomized, community-based trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Jul; 122(1):146-156.
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D'Alessandro A, Keele GR, Hay A, Nemkov T, Earley EJ, Stephenson D, Vincent M, Deng X, Stone M, Dzieciatkowska M, Hansen KC, Kleinman S, Spitalnik SL, Roubinian N, Norris PJ, Busch MP, Page GP, Stockwell BR, Churchill GA, Zimring JC. Ferroptosis regulates hemolysis in stored murine and human red blood cells. Blood. 2025 Feb 13; 145(7):765-783.
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Thompson L, Arnold C, Peerson J, Long JM, Westcott JLE, Islam MM, Black RE, Krebs NF, McDonald CM. Predictors of Anaemia Among Young Children Receiving Daily Micronutrient Powders (MNPs) for 24 Weeks in Bangladesh: A Secondary Analysis of the Zinc in Powders Trial. Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Jul; 21(3):e13806.
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