Functional iron-deficiency in women with allergic rhinitis is associated with symptoms after nasal provocation and lack of iron-sequestering microbes

Affiliations

• ¹ The Interuniversity Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University Vienna and University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ² Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria.
• ³ Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁵ Joint Microbiome Facility of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁶ Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science Division of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁷ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁸ Biomedical International R+D GmbH, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁹ Laboratory Medicine and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebien El-Kom, Egypt.
• ¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ¹¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Franziskus Spital, Vienna, Austria.