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Hepcidin Is an Antibacterial, Stress-Inducible Peptide of the Biliary System

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepcidin (gene name HAMP), an IL-6-inducible acute phase peptide with antimicrobial properties, is the key negative regulator of iron metabolism. Liver is the primary source of HAMP synthesis, but it is also produced by other tissues such as kidney or heart and is found in body flui...

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Autores principales: Strnad, Pavel, Schwarz, Peggy, Rasenack, Maria C. D., Kucukoglu, Ozlem, Habib, Rayan I., Heuberger, Dominik, Ehehalt, Robert, Müller, Michael W., Stiehl, Adolf, Adler, Guido, Kulaksiz, Hasan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21283681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016454