Definition of "ferroportin" []

• A transmembrane protein that transports iron (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "This hormone has been found to suppress intestinal absorption of iron through its binding to ferroportin."
• ""Because ferroportin can remove iron from the cell, when we put the protein back into the cell, the ferroportin removed the cancer's growth stimulus," said Torti."
• "When the researchers restored ferroportin levels to normal in human breast tumors in mice, the tumors grew more slowly."