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Trial reportPloS one2014

Duodenal ferroportin is up-regulated in patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Lanqing Ma, Tong Zou, Yuping Yuan, Jiajun Lv, Xiangqian Dong, Gang Yang, Yunzhen Zhu, Juan Luo, Zhigang Zhang, Jiefu Yang

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Trial report in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lanqing MaDepartment of Digestive Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Tong ZouDepartment of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China.
Yuping YuanDepartment of Digestive Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Jiajun LvDepartment of Digestive Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Xiangqian DongDepartment of Digestive Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Gang YangDepartment of Digestive Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yunzhen ZhuDepartment of Digestive Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Juan LuoDepartment of Digestive Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Zhigang ZhangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Jiefu YangDepartment of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China.
Kunming Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University · CNBeijing Hospital · CNKunming Institute of Zoology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver-related mortality. Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is frequently associated with disturbances in iron homeostasis, with serum iron and hepatic iron stores being elevated. Accumulating evidence indicates that chronic HCV infection suppresses expression of hepatic hepcidin, a key mediator of iron homeostasis, leading to iron overload conditions. Since hepcidin mediates degradation of ferroportin, a basolateral transporter involved in the release of iron from cells, diminished hepcidin expression probably leads to up-regulation of ferroportin-1 (Fpn1) in patients with CHC. In this study, we determined the protein levels of duodenal Fpn1, and found that its expression was significantly up-regulated in patients with CHC. The expression of duodenal Fpn1 is negatively correlated with mRNA levels of hepcidin, and positively correlated with serum iron parameters. Although iron is a critical factor for growth of a variety of pathogenic bacteria, our results suggest that iron overload in blood does not increase the infection rate of bacteria in patients with CHC.

Indexed as

Up-RegulationAdultAgedCation Transport ProteinsDuodenumFemaleFerroportinHepatitis C, ChronicHepcidinsHumansIronIron OverloadMaleMiddle AgedCation Transport ProteinsFerroportinHepcidinsIron

Identifiers

PMID25330009
PMCPMC4203811
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