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Hepcidin regulation: ironing out the details

Hepcidin is a peptide hormone secreted by the liver that plays a central role in the regulation of iron homeostasis. Increased hepcidin levels result in anemia while decreased expression is the causative feature in most primary iron overload diseases. Mutations in hemochromatosis type 2 (HFE2), whic...

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Main Authors: De Domenico, Ivana, Ward, Diane M., Kaplan, Jerry
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Clinical Investigation 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1904333/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17607352
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI32701
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