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Ferritin: An Inflammatory Player Keeping Iron at the Core of Pathogen-Host Interactions

Iron is an essential element for virtually all cell types due to its role in energy metabolism, nucleic acid synthesis and cell proliferation. Nevertheless, if free, iron induces cellular and organ damage through the formation of free radicals. Thus, iron levels must be firmly controlled. During inf...

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Autores principales: Moreira, Ana C., Mesquita, Gonçalo, Gomes, Maria Salomé
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7232436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32325688
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8040589