Iron

"Iron" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A metallic element with atomic symbol Fe, atomic number 26, and atomic weight 55.85. It is an essential constituent of HEMOGLOBINS; CYTOCHROMES; and IRON-BINDING PROTEINS. It plays a role in cellular redox reactions and in the transport of OXYGEN.

Descriptor ID	D007501
MeSH Number(s)	D01.268.556.412 D01.268.956.287 D01.552.544.412
Concept/Terms	Iron Iron Iron-56 Iron 56

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Inorganic Chemicals [D01]
Elements [D01.268]
Metals, Heavy [D01.268.556]
Iron [D01.268.556.412]
Transition Elements [D01.268.956]
Iron [D01.268.956.287]
Metals [D01.552]
Metals, Heavy [D01.552.544]
Iron [D01.552.544.412]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Iron".

Iron
Iron Isotopes

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Iron" by people in this website by year, and whether "Iron" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 161 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1991	2	2	4
1992	2	0	2
1993	1	1	2
1994	1	1	2
1995	2	1	3
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1999	1	1	2
2000	3	5	8
2001	1	4	5
2002	2	3	5
2003	6	3	9
2004	7	4	11
2005	8	3	11
2006	3	2	5
2007	4	4	8
2008	3	0	3
2009	5	3	8
2010	9	5	14
2011	2	2	4
2012	5	5	10
2013	4	2	6
2014	4	4	8
2015	5	0	5
2016	3	3	6
2017	4	4	8
2018	5	3	8
2019	0	1	1
2020	1	0	1

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Blake RC, Guidry JJ, Anthony MD, Ban B, Smith KA, Walton NN, Painter RG. Oxidation of Cytochrome 605 Is the Rate-Limiting Step when Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum Respires Aerobically on Soluble Iron. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2020 10 28; 86(22).

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Okay M, Ozturk Y, Haznedaroglu IC. The Antithrombin Effect of Ankaferd Hemostat (ABS) Is Related to the High Iron Content of the Medicine. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2019 Jan-Dec; 25:1076029618824416.

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Li Y, Wang X, Jiang Y, Wang J, Hwang H, Yang X, Wang P. Structure characterization of low molecular weight sulfate Ulva polysaccharide and the effect of its derivative on iron deficiency anemia. Int J Biol Macromol. 2019 Apr 01; 126:747-754.

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Getachew B, Csoka AB, Aschner M, Tizabi Y. Nicotine protects against manganese and iron-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y cells: Implication for Parkinson's disease. Neurochem Int. 2019 03; 124:19-24.

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Everett J, Collingwood JF, Tjendana-Tjhin V, Brooks J, Lermyte F, Plascencia-Villa G, Hands-Portman I, Dobson J, Perry G, Telling ND. Nanoscale synchrotron X-ray speciation of iron and calcium compounds in amyloid plaque cores from Alzheimer's disease subjects. Nanoscale. 2018 Jul 05; 10(25):11782-11796.

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Mishra B, Lawson GW, Ripperdan R, Ortiz L, Luderer U. Charged-Iron-Particles Found in Galactic Cosmic Rays are Potent Inducers of Epithelial Ovarian Tumors. Radiat Res. 2018 08; 190(2):142-150.

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Keogh D, Lam LN, Doyle LE, Matysik A, Pavagadhi S, Umashankar S, Low PM, Dale JL, Song Y, Ng SP, Boothroyd CB, Dunny GM, Swarup S, Williams RBH, Marsili E, Kline KA. Extracellular Electron Transfer Powers Enterococcus faecalis Biofilm Metabolism. mBio. 2018 04 10; 9(2).

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Zhang DL, Wu J, Shah BN, Greutélaers KC, Ghosh MC, Ollivierre H, Su XZ, Thuma PE, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Gordeuk VR, Rouault TA. Erythrocytic ferroportin reduces intracellular iron accumulation, hemolysis, and malaria risk. Science. 2018 03 30; 359(6383):1520-1523.

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Bennett BD, Redford KE, Gralnick JA. Survival of Anaerobic Fe2+ Stress Requires the ClpXP Protease. J Bacteriol. 2018 04 15; 200(8).

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Plascencia-Villa G, Perry G. Iron·ic facts about dementia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 05; 89(5):446-447.

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