Evaluation of Hepcidin Isoforms in Hemodialysis Patients by a Proteomic Approach Based on SELDI-TOF MS

The hepatic iron regulator hormone hepcidin consists, in its mature form, of 25 amino acids, but two other isoforms, hepcidin-20 and hepcidin-22, have been reported, whose biological meaning remains poorly understood. We evaluated hepcidin isoforms in sera from 57 control and 54 chronic haemodialysi...

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Main Authors: Natascia Campostrini, Annalisa Castagna, Federica Zaninotto, Valeria Bedogna, Nicola Tessitore, Albino Poli, Nicola Martinelli, Antonio Lupo, Oliviero Olivieri, Domenico Girelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/329646