Anemia of inflammation: The cytokine-hepcidin link

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1251-1253

  Andrews, Nancy C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ANEMIA; CANCER PATIENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INJURY; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NOTE; SECRETION;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; IRON; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85047693999     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI21441     Document Type: Review

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