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Plasma hepcidin concentrations significantly predict interindividual variation in iron absorption in healthy men.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Apr 2009
Roe Mark A, Collings Rachel, Dainty Jack R, Swinkels Dorine W, Fairweather-Tait Susan J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Iron absorption is proposed to be regulated by circulating hepcidin, but, to date, little data are available to evaluate this relation in humans. OBJECTIVE: Stored samples from a human iron absorption study were used to test the hypothesis that differences in plasma hepcidin explain interindividual variation in iron absorption. DESIGN: Hepcidin-25 concentrations were measured in fasting samples from...
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