Background and aims: The hepatic peptide hormone hepcidin, which has recently been
isolated from human plasma and urine, is thought to be a central regulator of iron …

It is generally accepted that iron homeostasis is mainly controlled in the gastrointestinal tract
by absorption of dietary iron. However, recent studies have shown that the kidneys are also …

A panel of monoclonal antibodies prepared to the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans of rat
brain was used for their immunocytochemical localization and isolation of individual …

Morphogenesis of retroviruses involves assembly of the structural Gag and Gag-Pol
polyproteins with subsequent budding of the virus particle from the plasma membrane and …

Clinical and experimental studies have demonstrated that connective‐tissue growth factor
(CTGF) expression is increased in fibrotic human liver and experimental animal models of …

ABSTRACT A number of characteristic properties of intermediate filament (IF) proteins, such
as nucleic acid-binding activity, affinity for histones and structural relatedness to transcription …

5′-Nucleotidase isolated from the electric organ of the electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)
has a molecular mass of 62 kDa and, on two-dimensional electrophoresis, separates into up …

The biological functions of the non-α-helical, N-and C-terminal head and tail domains of
intermediate filament (IF) proteins are still ill-defined. Previously, it has been shown that the …

Background: Decreased concentrations of the circulating angiogenic factors, free placental
growth factor (PLGF) and free vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and increased …

Background Hepcidin is a liver-derived peptide hormone regulating iron metabolism.
Changes in the expression of hepcidin are known to be the key pathogenic factors in …