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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Hepcidins
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Hepcidinas
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Hepcidinas
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Synonyms English:
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Hepcidin
Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide
Pro-Hepcidin
Prohepcidin
Antimicrobial Peptide, Liver-Expressed
Liver Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide
Peptide, Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial
Pro Hepcidin
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Tree Number:
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D12.776.494.249
D12.776.543.695.054.425
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Definition English:
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Forms of hepcidin, a cationic amphipathic peptide synthesized in the liver as a prepropeptide which is first processed into prohepcidin and then into the biologically active hepcidin forms, including in human the 20-, 22-, and 25-amino acid residue peptide forms. Hepcidin acts as a homeostatic regulators of iron metabolism and also possesses antimicrobial activity. |
Pharmacological Action:
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Anti-Infective Agents
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See Related English:
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Anemia
Hemochromatosis
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History Note English:
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2014
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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55332
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Unique Identifier:
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D064451
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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