Prospects for a hepcidin mimic to treat β-thalassemia and hemochromatosis

Expert Rev Hematol. 2011 Jun;4(3):233-5. doi: 10.1586/ehm.11.22.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / agonists
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / metabolism*
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / therapeutic use
  • Cation Transport Proteins / metabolism
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Hemochromatosis / therapy*
  • Hepcidins
  • Iron / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • beta-Thalassemia / therapy*

Substances

  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Cation Transport Proteins
  • Hamp protein, mouse
  • Hepcidins
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • metal transporting protein 1
  • Iron