Transfer of Iron from enterocyte to plasma is inhibited by?: (A) Hepcidin, (B) DMT-1, (C) Ferropoin, (D) Hephaestin
Answer is A. Hepcidin: - Regulator of iron metabolism. - It inhibits iron transpo by binding to the iron expo channel ferropoin, located on basolateral surface of enterocytes - Remaining options given - DMT-1, Ferropoin, Hephaestin - help in transpo of iron from enterocytes into blood