Haemochromatosis is a genetic disease caused by hepcidin deficiency,responsible for an increase in intestinal iron absorption.Haemochromatosis is associated with homozygosity for the HFE p.Cys282Tyr mutation.However,r...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major and increasing cause of clinical and economic burden worldwide. Now that there are effective therapies to control or eradicate viral aetiologies, the landscape of HCC is chang...
Supported by NHMRC Medical Postgraduate Scholarship and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Research Foundation to Wood MJ;the National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC)to Ramm GA and Powell LW;the recipient of an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship,1024672 to Subramaniam VN;an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship,No.552409 to Ramm GA
AIM:To investigate the role of genetic polymorphisms in the progression of hepatic fibrosis in hereditary haemochromatosis.METHODS:A cohort of 245 well-characterised C282Y homozygous patients with haemochromatosis was...
Supported by Grants from the Cancer Council of Western Australia and Fremantle Hospital Medical Research Foundation
The carcinogenic potential of iron in colorectal cancer(CRC) is not fully understood.Iron is able to undergo reduction and oxidation,making it important in many physiological processes.This inherent redox property of ...
Non-HFE hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) refers to a genetically heterogeneous group of iron overload disorders that are unlinked to mutations in the HFE gene. The four main types of non-HFE HH are caused by mutatio...
Iron is an essential element involved in various biological pathways. When present in excess within the cell, iron can be toxic due to its ability to catalyse the formation of damaging radicals, which promote cellular...
AIM: To discover the causes of markedly raised ferritin levels in patients seen at a teaching hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. METHODS: Demographic and medical data were collected for all patients ov...