L-Ferritin: One Gene, Five Diseases; from Hereditary Hyperferritinemia to Hypoferritinemia-Report of New Cases

• Main Authors: Beatriz Cadenas (Author), Josep Fita-Torró (Author), Mar Bermúdez-Cortés (Author), Inés Hernandez-Rodriguez (Author), José Luis Fuster (Author), María Esther Llinares (Author), Ana María Galera (Author), Julia Lee Romero (Author), Santiago Pérez-Montero (Author), Cristian Tornador (Author), Mayka Sanchez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ferritin is a multimeric protein composed of light (L-ferritin) and heavy (H-ferritin) subunits that binds and stores iron inside the cell. A variety of mutations have been reported in the L-ferritin subunit gene (<i>FTL</i> gene) that cause the following five diseases: (1) hereditary hy...