The Multicopper Ferroxidase Hephaestin Enhances Intestinal Iron Absorption in Mice

• Brie K. Fuqua,

  Affiliations Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Iron Metabolism Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Yan Lu,

  Affiliation Iron Metabolism Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Deepak Darshan,

  Affiliation Iron Metabolism Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• David M. Frazer,

  Affiliation Iron Metabolism Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Sarah J. Wilkins,

  Affiliation Iron Metabolism Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Natalie Wolkow,

  Affiliation FM Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Austin G. Bell,

  Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• JoAnn Hsu,

  Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Catherine C. Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Huijun Chen,

  Affiliation Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Joshua L. Dunaief,

  Affiliation FM Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Gregory J. Anderson ,

  * E-mail: Greg.Anderson@qimrberghofer.edu.au.

  Affiliations Iron Metabolism Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Chris D. Vulpe

  Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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