Browsing by Subject "Hepcidin"
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(Elsevier, 2015)Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the association between iron parameters and inflammation in obese individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: We studied 132 obese individuals ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2014)© 2014, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.Obesity and Type 2 diabetes mellitus share a strong pro-inflammatory profile. It has been observed that iron is a risk factor in the development of type 2 diabetes. The ...
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(2012)Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) is associated in the mid and long-term to severe complications. New therapies have been introduced in the last decades, however some disturbances as growth failure, mineral metabolism, and anemia, ...
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(Wiley, 2017)Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by extracellular senile plaques, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal death. Aggregated amyloid-beta (A beta) induces inflammation and oxidative stress, which have ...
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(2012)Iron homeostasis is controlled by hepcidin (Hpc) as well as other ways. Hpc expression is regulated by iron (Fe) storage and by inflammation, but the joint effect of both stimuli remains unclear. We studied the modulatory ...
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(Springer, 2022)Iron plays essential roles in the early development of cognitive processes and in the maintenance of neuronal functions in the mature brain; therefore, neurons have expeditious mechanisms to ensure a readily available iron ...
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(2006)Hepcidin (Hepc) is a 25 amino acid cationic peptide with broad antibacterial and antifungal actions. A likely role for Hepc in iron metabolism was suggested by the observation that mice having disruption of the gene encoding ...