Interleukin-10 regulates hepcidin in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Interleukin-10 regulates hepcidin in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

<h4>Background</h4>Acute malarial anemia remains a major public health problem. Hepcidin, the major hormone controlling the availability of iron, is raised during acute and asymptomatic parasitemia. Understanding the role and mechanism of raised hepcidin and so reduced iron availability...

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Main Authors: Honglei Huang, Abigail A Lamikanra, Matthew S Alkaitis, Marie L Thézénas, Abhinay Ramaprasad, Ehab Moussa, David J Roberts, Climent Casals-Pascual
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088408
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