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Hepcidin--a regulator of intestinal iron absorption and iron recycling by macrophages.

T. Ganz

2005.6.1BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2004.08.020

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Hepcidin is a recently discovered peptide made in the liver, distributed in plasma and excreted in urine that is the homeostatic regulator of intestinal iron absorption, iron recycling by macrophages, and iron mobilization from hepatic stores.

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GANZ, T. Hepcidin--a regulator of intestinal iron absorption and iron recycling by macrophages. BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY, 2005, 18 2: 171–82.