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. 2024 May;204(5):2066-2070.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.19309. Epub 2024 Jan 26.

Increased erythroferrone levels in malarial anaemia

Peter J Neyer  1   2   3 , Bérenger Kaboré  4   5 , Christos T Nakas  3   6 , Salou Diallo  5 , Halidou Tinto  5 , Annelies Post  4 , Andre J van der Ven  4 , Andreas R Huber  7 , Carlo R Largiadèr  3 , Angelika Hammerer-Lercher  1
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Increased erythroferrone levels in malarial anaemia

Peter J Neyer et al. Br J Haematol. 2024 May.
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Abstract

We assessed the diagnostic potential of erythroferrone as a biomarker for iron homeostasis comparing iron deficiency cases with anaemia of inflammation and controls. The dysregulation of the hepcidin axis was observed by Latour et al. in a mouse model of malarial anaemia induced by prolonged Plasmodium infection leading to increased erythroferrone concentrations. In line with that, we found significantly higher erythroferrone levels in cases with malaria and anaemia in an African population, compared to asymptomatic controls. Therefore, our findings extend the previous ones of the mouse model, suggesting also a dysregulation of the hepcidin axis in humans, which should be further corroborated in prospective studies and may lay the basis for the development of improved treatment strategies according to ERFE concentrations in such patients.

Keywords: anaemia; iron biochemistry; malaria.

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