Microbiota-assisted iron uptake promotes immune tolerance in the intestine

Abstract Iron deficiencies are the most common nonenteric syndromes observed in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, but little is known about their impacts on immune tolerance. Here we show that homeostasis of regulatory T cells in the intestine was dependent on high cellular iron levels, whic...

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Main Authors: Lizhen Zhu, Geng Li, Zhixin Liang, Tuan Qi, Kui Deng, Jiancheng Yu, Yue Peng, Jusheng Zheng, Yan Song, Xing Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38444-2