Title : Increased duodenal iron uptake and transfer in a rat model of chronic hypoxia is accompanied by reduced hepcidin expression.

Pub. Date : 2005 Oct

PMID : 15914574






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1 Increased duodenal iron uptake and transfer in a rat model of chronic hypoxia is accompanied by reduced hepcidin expression. Iron hepcidin antimicrobial peptide Rattus norvegicus
2 AIMS: To assess the effects of 30 days of chronic hypoxia in rats on luminal iron uptake and transfer of the metal to blood, together with gene expression of hepcidin, a proposed negative regulator of iron transport. Iron hepcidin antimicrobial peptide Rattus norvegicus
3 Reduced secretion of hepcidin may be pivotal to the changes in iron absorption. Iron hepcidin antimicrobial peptide Rattus norvegicus