supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.30570957);Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (C2006000152,C2006000155);Science Foundation of Hebei Normal University (L2003B15,B200209,B2002010)
The maintenance of body iron homeostasis requires the coordination of multiple regulatory mechanisms of iron metabolism. The mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS, composed of monocytes, macrophages, and their precursor ...