Iron, infection and immune function
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Iron, infection and immune function
A decrease in circulating Fe, or hypoferraemia, is one of the most constant features of infectious disease. Since Fe deprivation in bacterial cultures is regularly associated with inhibition of growth, it has been suggested that Fe deficiency may represent an important defence mechanism (Weinberg, 1990). The term ‘nutritional immunity’ has been introduced by Kochan (1973) to underline the impor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns19930048