ArticleeLife2021
The hepcidin regulator erythroferrone is a new member of the erythropoiesis-iron-bone circuitry.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- New Insights Into Pathophysiology of β-Thalassemia.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Thalassaemia.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026Review
- Hepcidin as a Molecular Hub of Iron Homeostasis: From BMP-SMAD Signaling to Therapeutic Modulation.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Erythroferrone Modulates Osteoblast-Osteoclast Crosstalk During Bone Remodeling.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Osteocyte-derived erythroferrone regulates liver hepcidin during stress erythropoiesis.Blood advances · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Hepcidin, Iron Metabolism, Inflammation and Hypersplenism in Anaemia of Kala-Azar.Parasite immunology · 2025Article
- Haematological Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2: Insights into Erythropoiesis, Hepcidin Regulation, and Cytokine Storm.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Erythroferrone in focus: emerging perspectives in iron metabolism and hematopathologies.Blood science (Baltimore, Md.) · 2024Review
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- Defects in Bone and Bone Marrow in Inherited Anemias: the Chicken or the Egg.Current osteoporosis reports · 2023Review
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- Molecular Mechanisms of Iron and Heme Metabolism.Annual review of nutrition · 2022Review
- The mutual crosstalk between iron and erythropoiesis.International journal of hematology · 2022Review
- Iron Mining for Erythropoiesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
Background: Erythroblast erythroferrone (ERFE) secretion inhibits hepcidin expression by sequestering several bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) family members to increase iron availability for erythropoiesis. Methods: To address whether ERFE functions also in bone and whether the mechanism of ERFE action in bone involves BMPs, we utilize the Results: We report that ERFE expression in osteoblasts is higher compared with erythroblasts, is independent of erythropoietin, and functional in suppressing hepatocyte hepcidin expression. Conclusions: Together, ERFE exerts an osteoprotective effect by modulating BMP signaling in osteoblasts, decreasing RANKL production to limit osteoclastogenesis, and prevents excessive bone loss during expanded erythropoiesis in β-thalassemia. Funding: YZG acknowledges the support of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) (R01 DK107670 to YZG and DK095112 to RF, SR, and YZG). MZ acknowledges the support of the National Institute on Aging (U19 AG60917) and NIDDK (R01 DK113627). TY acknowledges the support of the National Institute on Aging (R01 AG71870). SR acknowledges the support of NIDDK (R01 DK090554) and Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement (CURE) Program Pennsylvania.
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