Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Iron Chemistry -- Transferrins -- The Transferrin Receptor -- Molecular Aspects of Release of Iron from Transferrin -- Ferritins Structural and Functional Aspects -- The Divalent Metal-Ion Transporter (DCT1/DMT1/Nramp2) -- Basolateral Transport of Iron in Mammalian Intestine From Physiology to Molecules -- HFE -- Regulation of Iron Homeostasis by Iron Regulatory Proteins 1 and 2 -- Iron-Response Element (IRE) Structure and Combinatorial RNA Regulation -- Frataxin and Mitochondrial Iron -- Siderophore Chemistry -- Iron Chelator Chemistry -- Iron Acquisition in Plants -- Iron Uptake in Yeast -- Bacterial Iron Transport -- Uptake of Transferrin-Bound Iron by Mammalian Cells -- Transport of Non-Transferrin-Bound Iron by Hepatocytes -- Iron Acquisition by the Reticuloendothelial System -- Iron Transport in the Central Nervous System -- Iron Uptake by Neoplastic Cells -- Novel Methods for Assessing Transport of Iron Across Biological Membranes -- Regulation of Intestinal Iron Transport -- Regulation of Systemic Iron Transport and Storage -- Regulation of Liver Iron Metabolism -- Iron Utilization in Erythrocyte Formation and Hemoglobin Synthesis -- Animal Models of Iron Transport and Storage Disorders -- Hemochromatosis Diagnosis and Management Following the Discovery of the Gene -- Transfusional Iron Overload -- Aceruloplasminemia -- Hereditary Hyperferritinemia Cataract Syndrome -- Other Disorders of Increased Iron Absorption Iron Overload in Africans and African Americans -- Iron Chelation -- Index.