Rat Hepc (Hepcidin) ELISA Kit

ELISA Type: Sandwich. Detection Range: 78.13-5000µg/mL. Sensitivity: 46.88µg/mL. Sample Types: Serum, plasma and other biological fluids. Protein function: Liver-produced hormone that constitutes the main circulating regulator of iron absorption and distribution across tissues. Acts by promoting endocytosis and degradation of ferroportin/SLC40A1, leading to the retention of iron in iron-exporting cells and decreased flow of iron into plasma. Controls the major flows of iron into plasma: absorption of dietary iron in the intestine, recycling of iron by macrophages, which phagocytose old erythrocytes and other cells, and mobilization of stored iron from hepatocytes. [The UniProt Consortium]