Gene

TMPRSS6

TMPRSS6 makes matriptase-2, a liver protein involved in the hepcidin pathway that regulates iron movement. The common rs855791 marker has reproducible but small links to several distinct blood tests. Its clearest links are serum iron and how full transferrin is; it does not provide one general iron level or diagnose iron deficiency, anemia, overload, or hemochromatosis.

Traits TMPRSS6 shapes

Iron level (TMPRSS6 marker)

Markers (rsIDs)

rs855791

Reference databases

HGNC gene symbol report: TMPRSS6
NCBI Gene: TMPRSS6

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