Hepcidin, a candidate modifier of the hemochromatosis phenotype in mice.

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Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) type I is a disorder of iron metabolism caused by a mutation in the HFE gene. Whereas the prevalence of the mutation is very high, its penetrance seems very low. The goal of our study was to determine whether hepcidin, a recently identified iron-regulatory peptide, could be a genetic modifier contributing to the HH phenotype. In mice, deficiency of either HFE (Hfe(-/-)) or hepcidin...

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