homeostasis/metabolism
• at 8 weeks of age significant iron loading is seen in the heart unlike wild-type mice or mice homozygous for Hfetm2Nca
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• significant increase in occupancy of serum transferrin with iron without any decrease in iron use for erythropoiesis
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• increase in liver non-heme iron levels, although this increase is less than that in Hfetm2Nca
• deposition of iron is predominantly periportal
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cardiovascular system
• at 8 weeks of age significant iron loading is seen in the heart unlike wild-type mice or mice homozygous for Hfetm2Nca
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liver/biliary system
• increase in liver non-heme iron levels, although this increase is less than that in Hfetm2Nca
• deposition of iron is predominantly periportal
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