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hepcidin

hepcidin noun: a hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.

Noun

hepcidin (usually uncountable, plural hepcidins)

  1. (usually) A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
    • The known genetic defects of iron metabolism 14, 25, 26 frequently involve proteins that function as iron transporters/exporters (for example, ferroportin 18), as receptors for iron-binding proteins (for example, transferrin receptor 27 and hemochtomatosis 28), or to regulate the activity of these...2008 November 26, Masako Kohyama, Wataru Ise, Brian T. Edelson, Peter R. Wilker, Kai Hildner, Carlo Mejia, William A. Frazier, Theresa L. Murphy, Kenneth M. Murphy, “Role for Spi-C in the development...

Forms of hepcidin

pluralhepcidins

Origin of hepcidin

From hep(ato)- (“liver”) + -cide (“killing”) + -in (“compound”), because of its origin and bacteria-killing properties.

Words formed from hepcidin

Questions about hepcidin

What does hepcidin mean?
Hepcidin means a hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
What part of speech is hepcidin?
Hepcidin is a noun.
What is the plural of hepcidin?
The plural of hepcidin is hepcidins.

Words near hepcidin in the dictionary

  1. Hepburn
  2. Hepburn Springs
  3. Hepburnian
  4. hepcat
  5. hepcats
  6. hepcidin
  7. hepcidins
  8. hepeat
  9. hepeated
  10. hepeating
  11. hepeats

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