The process of heme breakdown by heme oxygenase (HMOX ... Study: Role of Natural Compounds Modulating Heme Catabolic Pathway in Gut, Liver, Cardiovascular, and Brain Diseases.

Now researchers have identified this long-sought heme-iron transporter ... things -- during the breakdown and recycling of old red blood cells and other types of heme metabolism.

More information: Integration of epidemiological and blood biomarker analysis links heme iron intake to increased type 2 diabetes risk, Nature Metabolism (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-01109-5 ...