Hepcidin clearance is associated with erythropoietin requirement in stable hemodialysis patients 
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CONCLUSIONS: Hemodialysis reduces circulating hepcidin. Greater hepcidin clearance, which is related to spKt/V, is strongly associated with reduced erythropoietin requirement. This further implicates hepcidin in the pathogenesis of renal anemia and suggests that hepcidin could be a useful therapeutic target for dialysis patients.
PMID: 28291504 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Nephrology - March 13, 2017 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Ashby D, Busbridge M, Hildebrand S, Clarke C, Aldous G, Palan M, Murphy K, Duncan N, Choi P Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research