Journal of Drug Metabolism & Toxicology

Journal of Drug Metabolism & Toxicology
Open Access

ISSN: 2157-7609

Research Article - (2015) Volume 6, Issue 4

Effect of Glutamate on Brain Iron Metabolism and the Regulation Mechanism

Peng Yu1,2*#, Ming Zhang1,2#, Hui Ding1, Xiaojing Di1, Peng Guan2, Shumin Wang1, Zhenhua Shi1, Dongyun Jiang1,2, Xianglin Duan1,2* and Yan-Zhong Chang1,2
1Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China
2Key laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China
#Contributed equally to this work
*Corresponding Author(s): Peng Yu, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Iron Metabolism, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province, Republic of China, Tel: +86-311-80787587, Fax: +86-311-80786311 Email:
Xianglin Duan, Professor, The Key Labortry of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Hebei Province, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, Hebei Province,, People’s Republic of China, Tel: 86-311-80979409, Fax: +86-311-80787502 Email:

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