Anemia in β-thalassemia patients targets hepatic hepcidin transcript levels independently of iron metabolism genes controlling hepcidin expression
Thalassemia associates anemia and iron overload, two opposite stimuli regulating hepcidin gene expression. We characterized hepatic hepcidin expression in 10 thalassemia major and 13 thalassemia intermedia patients. Hepcidin mRNA levels were decreased in the thalassemia intermedia group which presen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ferrata Storti Foundation
2008-01-01
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Series: | Haematologica |
Online Access: | https://haematologica.org/article/view/4693 |