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    J Clin Invest. 2004 May;113(9):1271-6.

    IL-6 mediates hypoferremia of inflammation by inducing the synthesis of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin.

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    Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA.

    Abstract

    Hypoferremia is a common response to systemic infections or generalized inflammatory disorders. In mouse models, the development of hypoferremia during inflammation requires hepcidin, an iron regulatory peptide hormone produced in the liver, but the inflammatory signals that regulate hepcidin are largely unknown. Our studies in human liver cell cultures, mice, and human volunteers indicate that IL-6 is the necessary and sufficient cytokine for the induction of hepcidin during inflammation and that the IL-6-hepcidin axis is responsible for the hypoferremia of inflammation.

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    15124018
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID: PMC398432
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