Hepcidin comes to the rescue

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 345-347

  Luft, F C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE;

EID: 3042748454     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-004-0553-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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