Hepcidin and the iron-infection axis.
Iron lies at the center of a battle for nutritional resource between higher organisms and their microbial pathogens. The iron status of the human host affects the pathogenicity of numerous infections including malaria, HIV-1, and tuberculosis. Hepcidin, an antimicrobial-like peptide hormone, has eme...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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