Prohepcidin localises to the Golgi compartment and secretory pathway in hepatocytes
- Wallace, Daniel F.
- Summerville, Lesa
- Lusby, Patricia E.
- Subramaniam, V. Nathan
Publication date
October 2005
DOI Publisher
Elsevier BV ISSN
0168-8278 Citation count (estimate)
26Abstract
Background/Aims: Hepcidin is a liver-expressed peptide which plays an important role in the regulation of iron metabolism. It is a negative regulator of iron absorption and release of iron from cells. The aims of this study were to analyse the expression and localisation of prohepcidin in liver and cell lines
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