Article
Associations between hepcidin and immune response in individuals with hyperbilirubinaemia and severe malaria due to Plasmodium vivax infection.
Malaria journal - 14 Oct 2015
Mendonça Vitor R R, Souza Ligia C L, Garcia Gabriela C, Magalhães Belisa M L, Gonçalves Marilda S, Lacerda Marcus V G, Barral-Netto Manoel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hyperbilirubinaemia (bilirubin >51.3 μmol/L) alone is not indicative of severe malaria, and the immune response underlying hyperbilirubinaemia remains largely unexplored. Liver damage associated with hyperbilirubinaemia may alter the expression of hepcidin, which regulates systemic iron by degrading ferroportin. For this study, the association between hepcidin and the levels of cytokines and...
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