homeostasis/metabolism
• mice fed a high-iron diet (HID) to induce systemic iron overload have disrupted iron metabolism, with increased serum iron levels and increased transferrin saturation compared to HID-fed controls
• however, when fed either a standard-iron diet (SID) or low-iron diet (LID), mice maintain normal serum iron and tissue non-heme iron levels
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• HID-fed mice develop an accumulation of nonheme iron in the liver, lungs, and pancreas
• mice injected with iron dextran to cause iron overload mice show increased levels of nonheme iron in the liver, lungs, and pancreas
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• HID-fed mice show decreased iron in the duodenum
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• HID-fed mice develop an accumulation of nonheme iron in the pancreas
• iron dextran-injected mice show increased levels of nonheme iron in the pancreas
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• HID-fed mice show decreased nonheme iron in the spleen
• mice injected with iron dextran show lower levels of splenic nonheme iron compared with controls
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• HID-fed mice show increased serum iron levels
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• HID-fed mice develop an accumulation of nonheme iron in the liver
• HID-fed mice show increased iron clustered in the liver periportal
• iron dextran-injected mice show increased levels of nonheme iron in the liver
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digestive/alimentary system
• HID-fed mice show decreased iron in the duodenum
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• HID-fed mice develop an accumulation of nonheme iron in the pancreas
• iron dextran-injected mice show increased levels of nonheme iron in the pancreas
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hematopoietic system
• HID-fed mice show decreased nonheme iron in the spleen
• mice injected with iron dextran show lower levels of splenic nonheme iron compared with controls
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immune system
• HID-fed mice show decreased nonheme iron in the spleen
• mice injected with iron dextran show lower levels of splenic nonheme iron compared with controls
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liver/biliary system
• HID-fed mice develop an accumulation of nonheme iron in the liver
• HID-fed mice show increased iron clustered in the liver periportal
• iron dextran-injected mice show increased levels of nonheme iron in the liver
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