hepcidin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals. uncountable,usually
    — 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 transporters or receptors (for example, hepcidin 29).

词形变化

hepcidins plural

词源

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