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Stress-Induced Dysregulation of Brain Iron Metabolism and Its Links to Neurological Disorders.

Ke Dong, Bing Liu, Gang Cheng, Yang Li, Fang Xie, Jianning Zhang, Lingjia Qian

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Review in Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Ke DongBeijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.ORCID 0009-0006-3953-3594
Bing LiuBeijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
Gang ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
Yang LiBeijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
Fang XieBeijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
Jianning ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, First Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
Lingjia QianBeijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stress is a non-specific systemic response to internal or external challenges. Recent studies show that stress can disrupt iron metabolism and that iron dyshomeostasis is implicated in many diseases-particularly within the nervous system, where iron distribution and regulation intersect tightly with oxidative stress and inflammation. Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis by stress can upregulate hepatic hepcidin and reprogram systemic iron fluxes, leading to functional iron deficiency and, in the brain, reduced iron availability, which affects myelination and neurotransmitter metabolism. Conversely, iron dyshomeostasis also contributes to neurodegenerative pathology. In this review, we synthesize recent evidence of how stress reprograms brain iron distribution and regulation, and we outline the mechanistic links between stress-induced iron dysregulation and neurological pathology. We also discuss the therapeutic implications (such as iron-chelation strategies) and highlight the three-way interplay among stress, iron metabolism, and neurodegeneration. These insights suggest that managing iron homeostasis may offer new therapeutic avenues for stress-related neural disorders.

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iron-chelationiron metabolism disordersneurological diseasesstress

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