Inherited Disorders of Iron Overload
Dietary iron absorption and systemic iron traffic are tightly controlled by hepcidin, a liver-derived peptide hormone. Hepcidin inhibits iron entry into plasma by binding to and inactivating the iron exporter ferroportin in target cells, such as duodenal enterocytes and tissue macrophages. Hepcidin...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Nutrition |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnut.2018.00103/full |