IL-22: Scavenging beyond the barrier

Sci Immunol. 2017 Feb 3;2(8):eaam7039. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aam7039.

Author

Sandip K Datta¹

Affiliation

¹ Bacterial Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

PMID: 28783684
DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aam7039

Abstract

IL-22-induced hemopexin promotes nutritional immunity by scavenging iron from Citrobacter rodentium during systemic infection.

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Publication types

Review