Where is iron stored?

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Normally? (RBCs/blood, bone marrow, spleen, liver)

Iron-def anemia? (not sure that storage sites are any different, etiology of Fe deficiency can affect storage sites differently tho..)

Anemia of Chronic Disease? "locked up" in macrophages (2nd to IL-6/hepcidin effects)


I am confused as to whether it is in Ferritin in the liver or in Macrophages in the Bone marrow. Thanks!

hope this helps
 
I had a dream the other night that a macrophage was trying to phagocytize me 🙁
 
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