Hemojuvelin is essential for transferrin-dependent and transferrin-independent hepcidin expression in mice

Haematologica

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-192

  Bartnikas, Thomas B ^a   Fleming, Mark D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemojuvelin; Hepcidin; Mice; Transferrin dependent; Transferrin independent

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; ERYTHROID POTENTIATING FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOJUVELIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; RNA; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN SIZE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON OVERLOAD; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84856423238     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2011.054031     Document Type: Article

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