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Stealthy microbes: How Neisseria gonorrhoeae hijacks bulwarked iron during infection
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Transition metals are essential for metalloprotein function among all domains of life. Humans utilize nutritional immunity to limit bacterial infections, employing metalloproteins such as hemoglobin, transferrin, and lactoferrin across a variety of ...
Julie Lynn Stoudenmire +2 more
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Antioxidants, 2019 (1) Background: Oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, vasoocclusion, and free iron are all features present in sickle cell disease. Paraoxonases (PON) are a family (PON-1, PON-2, PON-3) of antioxidant enzymes with anti-inflammatory action.
Cadiele Oliana Reichert +8 more
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Key players in the regulation of iron homeostasis at the host-pathogen interface
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Iron plays a crucial role in the biochemistry and development of nearly all living organisms. Iron starvation of pathogens during infection is a striking feature utilized by a host to quell infection.
Inam Ullah, Minglin Lang, Minglin Lang
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Background: In recent years, the role of iron metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) attracts more and more attention, and some studies have focused on the link between abnormal serum iron indicators and ALS.
Lan Wang +4 more
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Indices of metal proteins (transferrin, ceruloplasmin) in overweight and obese children [PDF]
Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2019 Introduction. A progressive increase of obesity prevalence, both among adults and children, is observed in many countries. Today, obesity is seen as a chronic systemic inflammation with low activity. Currently, new data are available about the biological
Tamila V. SOROKMAN +5 more
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Clinical Utility of Fecal Immunochemical Transferrin Test in Gastrointestinal Bleeding Detection
Annals of Clinical Microbiology, 2018 Background: Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding can result from various conditions, including ulcers, neoplasms and infectious enterocolitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of the fecal immunochemical transferrin test compared with the ...
Jong-Mi Lee +7 more
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Nanomaterials, 2018 The transport of dopamine across the blood brain barrier represents a challenge for the management of Parkinson’s disease. The employment of central nervous system targeted ligands functionalized nanocarriers could be a valid tactic to overcome this ...
Antonio Lopalco +5 more
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Reproductive Medicine and Biology, 2023 Purpose Since the developmental competence of oocytes cultured after in vitro maturation (IVM) is low, it is necessary to improve the IVM method for efficient offspring production.
Shingo Tonai +5 more
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Zinc Supplementation Combats Tuberculosis by Reverting Back to Normal Compartmentalized State of Iron and Hence Increasing Blood Hemoglobin Concentration [PDF]
Indian Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2023 Aim and background: To acquire iron (Fe), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) expresses high-affinity Fe+3-specific siderophores for scavenging Fe from host insoluble and protein-bound iron-like transferrin, lactoferrin, ferritin, and hemoglobin−haptoglobin.
Dipak Kumar Chattopadhyay
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Iron metabolism and peripheral eosinophil count do not correlate in the general population
Journal of Biological Research, 2023 Iron is a primary component of the human body and exerts many functions, mainly concerning red cells and the immune system. In addition, there is evidence that iron-deficiency anemia is associated with allergic diseases. Type 2 inflammation characterizes
Mara De Amici +7 more
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