Liver iron sensing and body iron homeostasis

Wang, CY; Babitt, JL

Babitt, JL (reprint author), Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Ctr Syst Biol, Div Nephrol, Program Membrane Biol, 185 Cambridge St,CPZN-8208, Boston, MA 02114 USA.

BLOOD, 2019; 133 (1): 18

Abstract

The liver orchestrates systemic iron balance by producing and secreting hepcidin. Known as the iron hormone, hepcidin induces degradation of the iron ......

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