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CELL HOST & MICROBE
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 510-520Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.04.010
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI069233, R01 AI101171, L40 AI096516, R01 AI073843] Funding Source: Medline
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Iron is an essential nutrient for both humans and pathogenic microbes. Because of its ability to exist in one of two oxidation states, iron is an ideal redox catalyst for diverse cellular processes including respiration and DNA replication. However, the redox potential of iron also contributes to its toxicity; thus, iron concentration and distribution must be carefully controlled. Given the absolute requirement for iron by virtually all human pathogens, an important facet of the innate immune system is to limit iron availability to invading microbes in a process termed nutritional immunity. Successful human pathogens must therefore possess mechanisms to circumvent nutritional immunity in order to cause disease. In this review, we discuss regulation of iron metabolism in the setting of infection and delineate strategies used by human pathogens to overcome iron-withholding defenses.
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