BMP6 is a key endogenous regulator of hepcidin expression and iron metabolism

Nature Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 482-487

  Andriopoulos Jr , Billy ^a   Corradini, Elena ^a,b   Xia, Yin ^a   Faasse, Sarah A ^a   Chen, Shanzhuo ^a   Grgurevic, Lovorka ^c   Knutson, Mitchell D ^d   Pietrangelo, Antonello ^b   Vukicevic, Slobodan ^c   Lin, Herbert Y ^a   Babitt, Jodie L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; HEMOJUVELIN; HEPCIDIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IRON; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES;

MUS;

EID: 63449103712     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.335     Document Type: Article

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