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Iron Metabolism, Volume 110, the latest release in the Vitamins and Hormones series first published in 1943, covers the field of hormone action, vitamin action, X-ray crystal structure, physiology and enzyme mechanisms, with this release focusing on topics relating to hepcidin, bacterial infection, and iron overload, the role of heparan sulfates in hepcidin regulation, hepcidin CDNA and human gene sex hormones, growth factors and hepcidin, HFE gene polymorphisms and hereditary hemochromatosis, hepcidin and il-1beta, hepcidin-ferroportin axis, cardiomyocyte hepcidin, adipocyte iron, leptin and hepcidin, regulators of hepcidin expression, and much more.

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Author:   Gerald Litwack (Emeritus Founding Chair and Professor, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, United States<br>Emeritus Professor, Rutgers University, United States)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780128178423

ISBN 10:   0128178426
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   26 February 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Hepcidin, bacterial infection, and iron overload Ron Acton and James Barton 2. The role of heparan sulfates in hepcidin regulation Paolo Arosio 3. hepcidin CDNa and human gene Mohamed Boumaiza 4. Sex hormones, growth factors and hepcidin Paresh Dandona 5. HFE gene polymorphisms and hereditary hemochromatosis Nikolaos Drakoulis 6. HEPCIDIN & IL-1beta Funaba Masayuki 7. Hepcidin-ferroportin axis Yelene Ginzburg 8. Cardiomyocyte hepcidin Samira Lakhal-Littleton 9. Adipocyte iron, leptin and hepcidin Donald A. McClain 10. Regulators of hepcidin expression Marie-Paule Roth and Helene Coppin 11. Splicing variant of hepcidin mRNA Katsunori Sasaki 12. Hepcidin and the bmp-smad pathway Laura Silvestri, Antonella Nai and Alessia Pagani 13. Hfe/Tfr2 null mice and hepcidin Nathan Subrumaniam

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Dr. Litwack has authored 3 textbooks on biochemistry and hormones (one with John Wiley & Sons and 2 with Academic Press/Elsevier) and he has edited more than 70 volumes in the Vitamins & Hormones series (Academic Press/Elsevier); he has edited 14 volumes entitled Biochemical Actions of Hormones (Academica Press); He has edited (with David Kritchevsky) Actions of Hormones on Molecular Processes (Academic Press)

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