"Hepcidins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Forms of hepcidin, a cationic amphipathic peptide synthesized in the liver as a prepropeptide which is first processed into prohepcidin and then into the biologically active hepcidin forms, including in human the 20-, 22-, and 25-amino acid residue peptide forms. Hepcidin acts as a homeostatic regulators of iron metabolism and also possesses antimicrobial activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D064451
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.494.249 D12.776.543.695.054.425
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| Concept/Terms |
Hepcidins- Hepcidins
- Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide
- Antimicrobial Peptide, Liver-Expressed
- Liver Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide
- Peptide, Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial
- Hepcidin
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