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hepcidins

hepcidins is the plural of hepcidin.

Meaning of hepcidin

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...

Questions about hepcidins

What is hepcidins the plural of?
Hepcidins is the plural of hepcidin.

Words near hepcidins in the dictionary

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

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