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Rat enterocyte hephaestin protein abundance

Rat enterocyte hephaestin protein abundance. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

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What acts on it

  1. Copper-deficient rats had enterocyte hephaestin protein at about 35% of copper-adequate controls.

    Copper → Rat enterocyte hephaestin protein abundance source_derived_draftungraded
    Experimental context and source evidence
    availability_state
    nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
    evidence_span
    {"source_cache": "artifacts/copper-research/15623839.abstract.txt", "locator": "Exact primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "5e3723e4fdd961caf66979e26614d98cbfbd65f38ba48232428e5302c054c3ac", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1613, "text_sha256": "5e3723e4fdd961caf66979e26614d98cbfbd65f38ba48232428e5302c054c3ac"}
    experimental_model
    Controlled copper-deficient versus adequate diets with radiolabeled iron
    exposure
    Less than 0.3 versus 5 mg copper/kg diet; male and female weanlings
    limitations
    Animal depletion regimens are not human thresholds. Iron redistribution differed by sex.
    nutrient_topic
    Copper research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Copper
    organism
    Rat
    plain_language
    Copper shortage reduced part of the intestine’s iron-processing machinery.
    primary_references
    [copper-p15623839] Dietary copper deficiency reduces iron absorption and duodenal enterocyte hephaestin protein in male and female rats. (2005). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15623839/ DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.1.92
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Duodenal enterocytes and whole-body iron
    trigger_kind
    nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.

    Copper: transport, cuproenzymes, deficiency, excess and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 858–869

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Controlled copper-deficient versus adequate diets with radiolabeled iron · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### copper-cud-hephaestin Copper-deficient rats had enterocyte hephaestin protein at about 35% of copper-adequate controls. Condition category: nutrient_deficiency nutrient_topic: Copper research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Copper shortage reduced part of the intestine’s iron-processing machinery. organism: Rat tissue_or_cell_type: Duodenal enterocytes and whole-body iron experimental_model: Controlled copper-deficient versus adequate diets with radiolabeled iron limitations: Animal depletion regimens are not human thresholds. Iron redistribution differed by sex. exposure: Less than 0.3 versus 5 mg copper/kg diet; male and female weanlings evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/copper-research/15623839.abstract.txt", "locator": "Exact primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "5e3723e4fdd961caf66979e26614d98cbfbd65f38ba48232428e5302c054c3ac", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1613, "text_sha256": "5e3723e4fdd961caf66979e26614d98cbfbd65f38ba48232428e5302c054c3ac"} [copper-p15623839] Dietary copper deficiency reduces iron absorption and duodenal enterocyte hephaestin protein in male and female rats. (2005). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15623839/ DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.1.92
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