Ironing out smoking-related airway disease

Thomas J. Mariani ()
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Thomas J. Mariani: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7596, 586-587

Abstract: Lack of the protein IRP2 in mice prevents organelles called mitochondria from accumulating toxic levels of iron in response to smoke exposure. This discovery links environmental and genetic risk factors for a chronic lung disease.

Date: 2016
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