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ACS CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 641-651Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cb500792b
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- Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health [1DP2OD007045]
- National Science Foundation [CHE-1352132]
- MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences (NIH) [P30-ES002109]
- Kinship Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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Bacterial and fungal pathogens cause a variety of infectious diseases and constitute a significant threat to public health. The human innate immune system represents the first line of defense against pathogenic microbes and employs a range of chemical artillery to combat these invaders. One important mechanism of innate immunity is the sequestration of metal ions that are essential nutrients. Manganese is one nutrient that is required for many pathogens to establish an infective lifestyle. This review summarizes recent advances in the role of manganese in the host-pathogen interaction and highlights Mn(II) sequestration by neutrophil calprotectin as well as how bacterial acquisition and utilization of manganese enables pathogenesis.
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