Author/Editor		Glaser, Marjana
Title		Presnova železa pri človeku
Translated title		Iron matabolism in man
Type		članek
Source		In: Hojs R, Krajnc I, Pahor A, et al, editors. Zbornik predavanj in praktikum 17. srečanje internistov in zdravnikov splošne medicine Iz prakse za prakso z mednarodno udeležbo; 2006 maj 19-20; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica Maribor,
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 145-55
Language		slo
Abstract		Iron is the second most common metal in nature. It is found in virtually all cells of the human body and has different functions, such as oxygen transport and erythropoiesis, it is a component of various cytochromes and is required for the functioning of proteins that are involved in energy production, respiration and inactivation of harmful oxygen radicals, and it is involved in DNA synthesis. As the cells cannot readily extract iron from insoluble oxydes, the body has developed mechanisms for gathering iron from food and storing it, but no mechanisms for its active excretion. In this paper the mechanisms of iron absorption, transport and preservation as well as iron balance disorders are represented.
Descriptors		IRON FERRITIN TRANSFERRIN IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS ERYTHROCYTES IRON OVERLOAD