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Modulation of iron homeostasis in macrophages by bacterial intracellular pathogens

BACKGROUND: Intracellular bacterial pathogens depend on acquisition of iron for their success as pathogens. The host cell requires iron as an essential component for cellular functions that include innate immune defense mechanisms. The transferrin receptor TfR1 plays an important part for delivering...

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Autores principales: Pan, Xin, Tamilselvam, Batcha, Hansen, Eric J, Daefler, Simon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20184753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-64