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Nature Genetics 41, 386 - 388 (2009)
doi:10.1038/ng0409-386

BMP6 orchestrates iron metabolism

Clara Camaschella1

  1. Clara Camaschella is at the Università Vita-Salute & Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Milano, Italy. e-mail: camaschella.clara@hsr.it


The small liver peptide hepcidin is a major regulator of systemic iron homeostasis in mammals, adapting iron absorption to the body's demands. Two new studies now identify BMP6 as the key endogenous regulator of hepcidin.

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