Iron at the interface of immunity and infection

Both, mammalian cells and microbes have an essential need for iron, which is required for many metabolic processes and for microbial pathogenicity. In addition, cross-regulatory interactions between iron homeostasis and immune function are evident. Cytokines and the acute phase protein hepcidin aff...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manfred eNairz, David eHaschka, Egon eDemetz, Guenter eWeiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00152/full