Respiratory infections drive hepcidin-mediated blockade of iron absorption leading to iron deficiency anemia in African children

Micronutrient powders to combat anaemia in young children: do they work?

(2018) Hans Verhoef et al.   BMC Medicine

Reducing anaemia in low income countries: control of infection is essential

(2018) Sant-Rayn Pasricha et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides mitigate the adverse effects of iron fortification on the gut microbiome: a randomised controlled study in Kenyan infants

(2017) Daniela Paganini et al.   GUT

Efficacy and safety of hepcidin-based screen-and-treat approaches using two different doses versus a standard universal approach of iron supplementation in young children in rural Gambia: a double-blind randomised controlled trial

(2016) Rita Wegmüller et al.   BMC Pediatrics

Toward Worldwide Hepcidin Assay Harmonization: Identification of a Commutable Secondary Reference Material

(2016) L. N. van der Vorm et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Oral iron supplements increase hepcidin and decrease iron absorption from daily or twice-daily doses in iron-depleted young women

(2015) D. Moretti et al.   BLOOD

The Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) Trial: Rationale, Design, and Methods

(2015)   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Malaria and Age Variably but Critically Control Hepcidin Throughout Childhood in Kenya

(2015) Sarah H. Atkinson et al.   EBioMedicine

Combinatorial effects of malaria season, iron deficiency, and inflammation determine plasma hepcidin concentration in African children

(2014) S. H. Atkinson et al.   BLOOD

Identification of erythroferrone as an erythroid regulator of iron metabolism

(2014) Léon Kautz et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Expression of the Iron Hormone Hepcidin Distinguishes Different Types of Anemia in African Children

(2014) S.-R. Pasricha et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Systemic Iron Homeostasis

(2013) Tomas Ganz   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Iron Status and Systemic Inflammation, but Not Gut Inflammation, Strongly Predict Gender-Specific Concentrations of Serum Hepcidin in Infants in Rural Kenya

(2013) Tanja Jaeggi et al.   PLoS One

Cluster-randomised controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene and nutritional interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH Benefits study design and rationale

(2013) Benjamin F Arnold et al.   BMJ Open

Effect of daily iron supplementation on health in children aged 4–23 months: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

(2013) Sant-Rayn Pasricha et al.   Lancet Global Health

Hepcidin is the major predictor of erythrocyte iron incorporation in anemic African children

(2012) A. M. Prentice et al.   BLOOD

Diurnal Rhythm rather than Dietary Iron Mediates Daily Hepcidin Variations

(2012) C. C. M. Schaap et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Hepcidin and the Iron-Infection Axis

(2012) H. Drakesmith et al.   SCIENCE

Child undernutrition, tropical enteropathy, toilets, and handwashing

(2009) Jean H Humphrey   LANCET

Iron Metabolism, Malaria, and Other Infections: What Is All the Fuss About?

(2008) Andrew M. Prentice   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION