What is "hfe"

HFE may refer to:

• HFE (gene), a gene that encodes the Human hemochromatosis protein
• H-parameter model (h), of a bipolar junction transistor
• Health First Europe
• Hefei Luogang International Airport, in Anhui, China, now defunct
• Hefei Xinqiao International Airport, in Anhui, China
• Hello from Earth, an interstellar radio message
• Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation, an American entertainment company
• Hertford East railway station, in England
• Hidden Field Equations, a cryptosystem
• Horizontal Fiscal Equalisation, in Australia
• Human factors engineering
• Hydrofluoroether, a solvent

'''Human hemochromatosis protein ''' also known as the HFE protein is a protein which in humans is encoded by the HFE gene. The HFE gene is located on short arm of chromosome 6 at location 6p21.3 Unusually, the official gene symbol (HFE for High Iron Fe) is not an abbreviation of the official name (hemochromatosis).