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Aug 2026
Targeting Inflammation in CKD-Related Anemia: The Emerging Role of Lactoferrin as an Adjunctive Therapy
Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD)-associated anemia is substantially driven by chronic inflammation, which promotes hepcidin upregulation, restricts iron availability, and impairs erythropoiesis. Conventional therapies, including erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and iron supplementation, primarily address erythr...
Harsh J. Shah, Jacky K. Pariyani, Kalyani V. Shinde et al.
· Turkish Journal of Internal... · 0 citations