hepcidin

English

Etymology

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

Noun

hepcidin (usually uncountable, plural hepcidins)

1. A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
   • 2008 November 26, Masako Kohyama, Wataru Ise, Brian T. Edelson, Peter R. Wilker, Kai Hildner, Carlo Mejia, William A. Frazier, Theresa L. Murphy, Kenneth M. Murphy, “Role for Spi-C in the development of red pulp macrophages and splenic iron homeostasis”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7227, →DOI:

     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).

Derived terms

• antihepcidin

Translations

Translations

• Italian: epcidina (it) f

Anagrams

• diphenic