The Iron-Lock Loop: A Self-Sustaining Disease Circuit in Endometriosis — Clinical Systems Analysis with Cross-Disease Extension

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This document proposes that endometriosis is maintained by a four-node self-sustaining biological circuit — the Iron-Lock Loop — connecting Fusobacterium nucleatum, IL-6/hepcidin dysregulation, peritoneal iron accumulation, and bacterial sanctuary formation. Each node is individually published across separate literatures. The synthesis and the multi-node simultaneous intervention protocol are new. A companion document extends the same circuit architecture to six additional conditions: schizophrenia, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and HIV/AIDS. All claims are falsifiable research hypotheses. Nothing in either document constitutes clinical advice.
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The Iron-Lock Loop: A Self-Sustaining Disease Circuit in Endometriosis — Clinical Systems Analysis with Cross-Disease Extension Authors/Creators Description This document proposes that endometriosis is maintained by a four-node self-sustaining biological circuit — the Iron-Lock Loop — connecting Fusobacterium nucleatum, IL-6/hepcidin dysregulation, peritoneal iron accumulation, and bacterial sanctuary formation. Each node is individually published across separate literatures. The synthesis and the multi-node simultaneous intervention protocol are new. A companion document extends the same circuit architecture to six additional conditions: schizophrenia, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and HIV/AIDS. All claims are falsifiable research hypotheses. Nothing in either document constitutes clinical advice. Notes (English) Files Files (67.0 kB) | Name | Size | Download all | |---|---|---| | md5:275754bfccdc06722147adcf60108229 | 30.5 kB | Download | | md5:318cef586b4f76fbb323acde04886e6f | 36.5 kB | Download | Additional details Identifiers Related works - Is supplement to - Report: 10.5281/zenodo.20303520 (DOI) Dates - Submitted - 2026-05-20

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