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A Novel Immunological Assay for Hepcidin Quantification in Human Serum

BACKGROUND: Hepcidin is a 25-aminoacid cysteine-rich iron regulating peptide. Increased hepcidin concentrations lead to iron sequestration in macrophages, contributing to the pathogenesis of anaemia of chronic disease whereas decreased hepcidin is observed in iron deficiency and primary iron overloa...

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Autores principales: Koliaraki, Vasiliki, Marinou, Martha, Vassilakopoulos, Theodoros P., Vavourakis, Eustathios, Tsochatzis, Emmanuel, Pangalis, Gerassimos A., Papatheodoridis, George, Stamoulakatou, Alexandra, Swinkels, Dorine W., Papanikolaou, George, Mamalaki, Avgi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19238200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004581