Increased serum hepcidin-25 level and increased tumor expression of hepcidin mRNA are associated with metastasis of renal cell carcinoma

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hepcidin has an important role in iron metabolism. We investigated whether hepcidin was involved in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We measured serum hepcidin-25 levels in 32 patients by liqu...

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Main Authors: Abe Hideyuki, Arai Kyoko, Tomosugi Naohisa, Kamai Takao, Yoshida Ken-Ichiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/270