Exploring the role of hepcidin, an antimicrobial and iron regulatory peptide, in increased iron absorption in β-thalassemia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 417-422

  Breda, Laura ^a   Gardenghi, Sara ^a   Guy, Ella ^a   Rachmilewitz, Eliezer A ^b   Weizer Stern, Orly ^c   Adamsky, Konstantin ^c   Amariglio, Ninette ^c   Rechavi, Gideon ^c   Giardina, Patricia J ^a   Grady, Robert W ^a   Rivella, Stefano ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hamp; Iron overload; Lentivirus; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GENOMIC DNA; HEPCIDIN; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HAMP GENE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALIA; LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 29744463634     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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