Do Serum Hepcidin 25 Levels Predict SLE Renal or Nonrenal Flares?

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Written By Ken Rothermich

  • Full citation: Friedman A, Young N, Jensen P, et al. Do Serum Hepcidin 25 Levels Predict SLE Renal or Nonrenal Flares? [Abstract] 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting. Accessed October 11, 2023. 

  • Principal Investigator for CMRF Grant Award: Stacy P Ardoin

  • Conclusions: “Serum hepcidin-25 levels decrease 2 months prior to renal SLE flare but not prior to non-renal SLE flare. To our knowledge, this is the first study to show that serum hepcidin 25 levels may predict renal SLE flare.  These findings need to be confirmed in larger prospective cohorts but support previous evidence that hepcidin 25 may be a biomarker for renal SLE flares.” 

Ken Rothermich
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