Iron and intestinal immunity

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 523-528

  Cherayil, Bobby J ^a   Ellenbogen, Shiri ^a   Shanmugam, Nandakumar N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hepcidin; inflammation; iron; microbiota

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; HEPCIDIN; IRON; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANEMIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; IRON METABOLISM; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; IRON;

EID: 80054683732     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32834a4cd1     Document Type: Review

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