A possible link between hepcidin and regulation of dietary iron absorption.
The antimicrobial peptide hepcidin has been implicated in the regulation of iron homeostasis. Hepcidin is theorized to be a key link between body iron stores and the appropriate modulation of dietary iron absorption.
Wessling-Resnick
Marianne
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Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D064451:Hepcidins; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D019266:Iron, Dietary / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; C578702:HAMP protein, human; C579599:Hamp protein, mouse; D064451:Hepcidins; D019266:Iron, Dietary