Anti-Hepcidin / HAMP

Anti-Hepcidin / HAMP (LY2787106) is a fully humanized monoclonal antibody againsts hepcidin. It is currently in phase I human trials for cancer-related anemia. It binds to hepcidin and prevents its binding to the iron exporting protein ferroportin and prevents hepcidin-induced internalization and degradation of ferroportin and increases ferroportin-mediated iron export. MW: 145.5 KD.