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In this study we found that Mb expression which is driven by iron restriction and high sGC activation in iron deficiency anemia (IDA) leaches out more into the serum relative to non-anemic WTs. Tissues from IDA mice of both models developed either by nutritional iron deprivation or by ablation of ferroportin (Fpn) gene or from iron refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA) mice found that Mb expression follows a variable pattern in different tissues but always correlates to the status of the sGC heterodimer or its subsequent activation. Here higher Mb expression happening in anemic (IDA, Fe&lt;5 ppm or IDA, Fpn) or non-anemic WT mice is both due to iron restriction and an elevated sGC heterodimer that corroborated with greater sGC activation. More importantly we find significant leaching of Mb into the serum of these anemic (IDA) mice from both models and our spectral data suggests that this Mb is heme-free. 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