Iron Deficient Toxic Milk Leads to the Mask Phenotype in Hephaestin Knockout Mice

    April 2014 in “ The FASEB Journal
    Kathryn Page, Erica R. Lachenauer, Julie Luong, Chenchen Han, Hiroko Irimagawa, Yuanchi He, David W. Killilea, David M. Frazer, Gregory J. Anderson, Brie K. Fuqua, Chris D. Vulpe
    Studysummary This study found that maternal hephaestin knockout in mice leads to neonatal hair loss, likely due to low iron levels in the mother's milk.
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