Mechanisms of disease: The role of hepcidin in iron homeostasis - Implications for hemochromatosis and other disorders

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-45

  Pietrangelo, Antonello ^a   Trautwein, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption; Hemochromatosis; Hepcidin; Iron; Liver

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; HEPCIDIN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON KINETICS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS;

EID: 18944366215     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0019     Document Type: Review

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