Hemochromatosis 2011
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Summary
Hemochromatosis is the generally used term if the body stores too much iron. There are two different forms with subtypes of hemochromatosis possible: primary and secondary.
Primary hemochromatosis is usually caused by a genetic problem or mutation, resulting in storing too much iron due malfunction at the regulation of the the iron absorption.
Secondary hemochromatosis can be temporarily acquired if a person is affected by chronic alcoholism or received many blood transfusion in a short time.
This entry is about the primary form and especially type 1 of it. It is a hereditary autosomal recessiv genetic disorder caused by a mutation of the HFE-Gene and the breakdown of the regulation of the iron absorption. It was first described by Armand Trousseau in 1865 in a report about diabetes.
Phenotype
Hemochromatosis causes different symptoms. Some of them are listed below.
- decoloration/darkening of skin (also known as bronzening)
- weakness
- fatigue
- heart failure
- diabetis
- arthritis (iron in joints)
- loss of weight
- loss of body hair
- loss of sexual energy
- liver cirrhosis
Cross-references
The disesase is also described in detail at
Biochemical disease mechanism
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Cross-references
Links to proteins that are involved in causing the disease
- KEGG at Hemochromatosis
- UniProt at Hemochromatosis Protein (HLA-H)
- UniProt at Hepcidin (HAMP)
- UniProt at (Sero)transferrin (TF)
- UniProt at Transferrin receptor protein 1 (TFR)
- UniProt at Transferrin receptor protein 2 (TF2)
HEF-Gene
The HFE-Gen alleviate the binding of transferrin which is the carrier protein for iron in the blood cyclus. With a mutated HFE-Gen, the intestines interpret a strong transferrin signal as an deficient in iron. Therefore the cells start to import iron, which leads to an iron overload.
Mutations
Current knowledge about mutations associated with the disease. - Separate into disease causing and neutral mutations. -- These sequence pages will be the starting point for collecting prediction results and result discussions.
Reference sequence
Which sequence does not cause the disease and is most often found in the population.
