Hereditary hemochromatosis due to resistance to hepcidin: high hepcidin concentrations in a family with C326S ferroportin mutation

Blood. 2009 Jul 9;114(2):493-4. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-04-216226.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / blood*
  • Cation Transport Proteins / genetics
  • Cation Transport Proteins / metabolism*
  • Child
  • Cysteine / genetics
  • Cysteine / metabolism
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease* / genetics
  • Hemochromatosis / genetics
  • Hemochromatosis / metabolism*
  • Hepcidins
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation / genetics

Substances

  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Cation Transport Proteins
  • HAMP protein, human
  • Hepcidins
  • metal transporting protein 1
  • Cysteine