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Alcohol intake and iron overload: Another role for hepcidin?

✍ Scribed by Kris V. Kowdley

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 67 KB
Volume: 45
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21544

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✦ Synopsis

Alcohol metabolism-mediated oxidative stress down-regulates hepcidin transcription and leads to increased duodenal iron transporter expression.

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