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Circulating Hepcidin-25 Is Reduced by Endogenous Estrogen in Humans

OBJECTIVE: Hepcidin reduces iron absorption by binding to the intestinal iron transporter ferroportin, thereby causing its degradation. Although short-term administration of testosterone or growth hormone (GH) has been reported to decrease circulating hepcidin levels, little is known about how hepci...

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Autores principales: Lehtihet, Mikael, Bonde, Ylva, Beckman, Lena, Berinder, Katarina, Hoybye, Charlotte, Rudling, Mats, Sloan, John H., Konrad, Robert J., Angelin, Bo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26866603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148802