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Deficiency of the BMP Type I receptor ALK3 partly protects mice from anemia of inflammation.

Inka GallitzNiklas LofrutheLisa TraegerNicole BäumerVerena HoerrCornelius FaberTanja KuhlmannCarsten Müller-TidowAndrea U Steinbicker
Published in: BMC physiology (2018)
The results reveal in vivo, that 1) hepatocyte-specific Alk3 deficiency partly protects from AI, 2) the development of hypoferremia is partly dependent on ALK3, and 3) the ALK3/BMP/hepcidin axis may serve as a possible therapeutic target to attenuate AI.
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