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Frequency of the HAMP (c.-582 A>G) Polymorphism in Iron Deficiency in Saudi Arabia.
Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS - 1 Jan 2021
Al-Amer Osama, Alsharif Khalaf F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hepcidin, a key element in iron hemostasis, is a small antimicrobial peptide encoded by the HAMP gene on 19q13. Several studies have revealed that the expression of hepcidin is influenced by single nucleotide polymorphisms located in the promoter region of HAMP. Therefore, this research aimed to study the frequency distribution of HAMP promoter genetic variants and their associations...
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