Immune Cells and Microbiota Response to Iron Starvation

Metal ions are essential for life on Earth, mostly as crucial components of all living organisms; indeed, they are necessary for bioenergetics functions as crucial redox catalysts. Due to the essential role of iron in biological processes, body iron content is finely regulated and is the battlefield...

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Main Authors: Marcello Chieppa, Gianluigi Giannelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2018.00109/full