Abstract

Intravenous injection of excess apotransferrin enhances dietary iron absorption in mice and triggers accumulation of plasma non–transferrin-bound iron. Injected fluorescent-labeled transferrin colocalizes with lamina propria macrophages, consistent with the recently proposed iron absorption checkpoint involving macrophage-mediated transferrin degradation.

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