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Iron metabolism in infections: Focus on COVID-19

Iron is a micronutrient essential for a wide range of metabolic processes in virtually all living organisms. During infections, a battle for iron takes place between the human host and the invading pathogens. The liver peptide hepcidin, which is phylogenetically and structurally linked to defensins...

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Autores principales: Girelli, Domenico, Marchi, Giacomo, Busti, Fabiana, Vianello, Alice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34389110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.seminhematol.2021.07.001