| kumar 2006-03-03, 12:55 pm |
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ironjustice@aol.com wrote:
> {iron witholding defense mechanism / anemia of chronic disease] .. <<
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> http://medschool1.mc.vanderbilt.edu...c.php?id2=15917
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> In order to successfully cause disease, bacterial pathogens must
> acquire nutrients inside their hosts. The only nutrient thought to be
> limiting to the growth of bacteria inside of humans is iron. Iron
> sequestration inside the host is one of the most important first lines
> of
> defense against bacterial pathogens, a process known as "nutritional
> immunity." This iron "keep-away" is mediated primarily through the
> production of host iron-binding proteins. The most abundant of these
> iron-binding proteins are those that use heme as a cofactor, or
> hemoproteins. Our laboratory studies how Gram-positive bacteria steal
> iron from hemoproteins during infection.
>
> Who loves ya.
> Tom
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>
Btw, is it iron or O2 from blood, which bacterias may take as
nutrient??
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