Nutritional immunity: the impact of metals on lung immune cells and the airway microbiome during chronic respiratory disease

Nutritional immunity is the sequestration of bioavailable trace metals such as iron, zinc and copper by the host to limit pathogenicity by invading microorganisms. As one of the most conserved activities of th...

Source: Respiratory Research - April 29, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Claire Healy, Natalia Munoz-Wolf, Jann é Strydom, Lynne Faherty, Niamh C. Williams, Sarah Kenny, Seamas C. Donnelly and Suzanne M. Cloonan Tags: Review Source Type: research