Journal
BIOMETALS
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 247-258Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-011-9512-8
Keywords
Helicobacter pylori; Iron; Iron deficiency anemia; Gastric disease; Fur
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20801061, 31000373]
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation [8451027501001233]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [10lgpy19, 21611201]
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Helicobacter pylori infections are closely associated with peptic ulcers, gastric malignancy and iron deficiency anemia. Iron is essential for almost all living organisms and the investigation of iron uptake and trafficking system is thus important to understand the pathological roles of H. pylori. Up to now, the iron trafficking system of H. pylori is not yet fully clear and merits further efforts in this regards. The available information about iron uptake and regulation has been discussed in this concise review, such as FeoB in ferrous transportation, FrpB2 in hemoglobin uptake, HugZ in heme processing, virulence factors (VacA and CagA) in transferrin utilization, Pfr and NapA in iron storage and Fur in iron regulation. The identified iron trafficking system will help us to understand the pathological roles of H. pylori in the various gastric diseases and iron deficiency anemia and stimulates further development of effective anti-bacterial drugs.
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