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Hepcidin

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Hepcidin
A 25-residue peptide hormone encoded by the HAMP gene, produced by the liver, and now regarded as the master regulator of iron homeostasis in humans and other mammals. Hepcidin is a direct inhibitor of ferroportin, a protein present in enterocytes and macrophages, which transports iron out of cells and into storage pools
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