Hepcidin: the missing link between hemochromatosis and infections

Infect Immun. 2003 Dec;71(12):6693-700. doi: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.6693-6700.2003.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / metabolism*
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / pharmacology
  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Bacteria / pathogenicity
  • Bacterial Infections / complications*
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Hemochromatosis / complications*
  • Hemochromatosis / pathology
  • Hepcidins
  • Humans
  • Iron / metabolism
  • Vibrio Infections / complications
  • Vibrio Infections / pathology
  • Vibrio vulnificus / drug effects
  • Vibrio vulnificus / pathogenicity

Substances

  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • HAMP protein, human
  • Hepcidins
  • Iron