Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5900444 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
All of these data demonstrated that the higher hepcidin levels in diabetic patients may be due to those higher ferritin and IL-6 levels, the elevated hepcidin might have adaptive value through down-regulated iron absorb and play an important role in pathogenesis of Type 2 DM.
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Authors
Fang Jiang, Zhen-Zhen Sun, Yue-Ting Tang, Chuanqing Xu, Xiao-Yang Jiao,