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To determine whether pharmacologically suppressing hepcidin production can overcome iron sequestration and reverse anemia in a rat model of chronic inflammation.

July 6, 2011BloodOpen Access

Pharmacologic inhibition of hepcidin expression reverses anemia of chronic inflammation in rats

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ITIgor TheurlInnsbruck Medical University ASAndrea SchrollInnsbruck Medical University TSThomas SonnweberInstitute of Ismaili Studies

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Experimental study demonstrates that inhibiting hepcidin reverses anemia of chronic inflammation in rats, highlighting a promising class of targeted therapeutics.

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To determine whether pharmacologically suppressing hepcidin production can overcome iron sequestration and reverse anemia in a rat model of chronic inflammation.
Utilized an established rat model of anemia of chronic inflammation.
Administered the small-molecule dorsomorphin derivative LDN-193189 or soluble hemojuvelin-Fc (HJV.Fc) to block bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-Smad signaling pathways essential for hepcidin transcription.
Inhibition of BMP-Smad-mediated hepcidin expression mobilized trapped iron stores from the reticuloendothelial system.
Treatment restored ferroportin-mediated iron export, stimulated erythropoiesis, and successfully reversed anemia in treated rats.

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Theurl et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69deac01499d77a496b0c6c0 https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2011-03-345066

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Experimental study demonstrates that inhibiting hepcidin reverses anemia of chronic inflammation in rats, highlighting a promising class of targeted therapeutics.

Pharmacologic inhibition of hepcidin expression reverses anemia of chronic inflammation in rats

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Pharmacologic inhibition of hepcidin expression reverses anemia of chronic inflammation in rats

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