Evidence mapPaperPMID 42199341Full record

ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2026

SLC40A1 (iron transporter): mechanistic regulation, role in disease pathogenesis, and prospects for targeted therapy.

Limian Huang, Lin Pan, Weiling Qin, Yihui Zhao, Yanyun Huang, Xiao Qin

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Limian Huang *Baise People's Hospital, Baise, Guangxi, China.
Lin Pan *Baise People's Hospital, Baise, Guangxi, China.
Weiling QinBaise People's Hospital, Baise, Guangxi, China.
Yihui ZhaoBaise People's Hospital, Baise, Guangxi, China.
Yanyun HuangBaise People's Hospital, Baise, Guangxi, China.
Xiao QinBaise People's Hospital, Baise, Guangxi, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solute carrier family 40 member 1 (SLC40A1) encodes ferroportin 1 (FPN1), the only known iron efflux transporter in mammalian cells, which is critical for maintaining systemic iron homeostasis and cellular iron balance. SLC40A1 plays a key role in regulating iron homeostasis and is involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory, fibrotic, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer, with dysfunction linked to mutations or epigenetic silencing. Its biological functions and regulatory mechanisms are complex and diverse. This article provides an overview of SLC40A1's molecular and biological properties, elucidates its involvement in disease progression, and evaluates its clinical potential. The study seeks to enhance understanding of SLC40A1's mechanisms, laying the groundwork for the development of targeted therapies.

Indexed as

diseaseferroptosisiron homeostasisiron transporterSLC40A1

Identifiers

PMID42199341
PMCPMC13199365

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.