Hepcidin serum levels and resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin therapy in haemodialysis patients

Acta Haematol. 2009;122(4):226-9. doi: 10.1159/000253590. Epub 2009 Oct 30.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anemia / blood
  • Anemia / drug therapy
  • Anemia / etiology
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / blood*
  • C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Drug Resistance
  • Erythropoietin / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Ferritins / blood
  • Hepcidins
  • Humans
  • Inflammation Mediators / blood
  • Interleukin-6 / blood
  • Iron / metabolism
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / blood
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Transferrin / metabolism

Substances

  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • HAMP protein, human
  • Hepcidins
  • IL6 protein, human
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • Interleukin-6
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Transferrin
  • Erythropoietin
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Ferritins
  • Iron